[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden
City 10-5-1967 as Ord. No. 5.14 of the
Revised Unified Code of Ordinances; amended in its entirety 12-16-1971
and 6-16-1977 by L.L. No. 2-1977. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
To stand, lounge, congregate or remain, or to park or remain parked
in a motor vehicle, at a public place or place open to the public and to engage
in any conduct prohibited under this chapter. "Loiter" also means to collect,
gather, congregate or be a member of a group or a crowd of people who are
gathered together in any public place or place open to the public and to engage
in any conduct prohibited under this chapter.
Any place open to the public or any place to which the public is
invited, and in, on or around any privately owned place of business, private
parking lot or private institution, including places of worship or any place
of amusement and entertainment, whether or not a charge of admission or entry
thereto is made. It includes the elevator, lobby, halls, corridors and areas
open to the public of any store, office or apartment building, as well as
parking lots or other vacant private property not owned by or under the control
of the person charged with violating this chapter, or, in the case of a minor,
not owned by or under the control of his parent or guardian.
Any public street, road or highway, alley, lane, sidewalk, crosswalk
or other public way, or any public resort, place of amusement, park, playground,
public building or grounds appurtenant thereto, school building or school
grounds, public parking lot or any vacant lot.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons
to loiter at, on or in a public place or a place open to the public in such
manner:
(1)
As to interfere with, impede or hinder the free passage
of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; or
(2)
As to interfere with, obstruct, harass, curse or threaten
or do physical harm to another member or members of the public; or
(3)
That by words, acts or other conduct it is clear that
there is a reasonable likelihood to result in a breach of the peace or disorderly
conduct or to cause annoyance, inconvenience or alarm or to create a risk
thereof.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, as defined
herein, at a public place or place open to the public and to fail to obey
the direction of a uniformed police officer or the direction of a properly
identified police officer not in uniform to move on, when not to obey such
direction shall endanger the public peace and safety.
Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit orderly picketing or other
lawful assembly.
