As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
LOITERING
A.
Remaining idle in essentially one (1) location.
B.
Includes the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger;
to stay; to saunter; to delay; to stand around, and shall also include the
colloquial expression "hanging around."
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort
for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily
mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include
the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other
place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or
remain idle either alone and/or in consort with others in a public place in
such manner so as to:
A. Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending
to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic
or pedestrians.
B. Commit in or upon any public street, public highway,
public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which
is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property
or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or
fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any
other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted
ingress, egress and regress therein, thereon and thereto.
When any person causes or commits or attempts to cause or commit any of the conditions enumerated in §
132-2 herein, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be subject to a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.) or by imprisonment
not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both. Any such violation shall constitute
a separate offense on each successive day continued.