[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Alexandria Bay 4-23-1968 as Ord. No. 52. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Any person who, with intent to provide a breach
of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned, commits
any of the following acts shall be deemed to have committed the offense
of disorderly conduct:
A.
Uses offensive language, conduct or behavior. Uses
or indulges in offensive, disorderly, threatening, abusive or insulting
language, conduct or behavior.
B.
Annoys or disturbs others. Acts in such manner as
to annoy, disturb, interfere with, obstruct or be offensive to others.
C.
Unlawful assembly. Congregates with others on a public
street, sidewalk, park or place and refuses to move on when ordered
by the police.
D.
Causes crowd to collect. By his actions causes a crowd
to collect, except when lawfully addressing such a crowd.
E.
Shouts or makes noise. Shouts or makes any other noise
outside or inside a building during the nighttime to the annoyance
or disturbance of any considerable number of persons.
F.
interferes with others. Interferes with any person
in any place by jostling against such person or unnecessarily crowding
him or by placing a hand in the proximity of such person's pocket,
pocketbook or handbag.
G.
Solicits alms. Stations himself on the public streets
or follows pedestrians for the purpose of soliciting alms or solicits
alms on the public streets unlawfully.
H.
Lewd conduct Frequents or loiters about any public
place soliciting men for the purpose of committing a crime against
nature or other lewdness.
I.
Disturbance in public conveyances. Causes a disturbance
in any railroad car, omnibus or other public conveyance by running
through it, climbing through windows or upon the seats or otherwise
annoying passengers or employees therein.
J.
Annoys pedestrians. Stands on sidewalks or street
corner and makes insulting remarks to or about passing pedestrians
or annoys such pedestrians.
K.
Criminal activities.
(1)
Is engaged in any illegal occupation or bears an evil
reputation and with an unlawful purpose consorts with thieves and
criminals or frequents unlawful resorts.
(2)
In any prosecution under this Subsection K, the fact that the defendant is engaged in an illegal occupation or bears an evil reputation and is found consorting with persons of the evil reputation, thieves or criminals shall be prima facie evidence that such consorting was for an unlawful purpose.
L.
Unlawful use of municipal property. Makes use of any
municipal property including parks or stadiums or conducts himself
in a manner contrary to any posted notices, rules or regulations of
the Village or refuses to obey the orders of any person or persons
in authority with respect to the use of or conduct in or with respect
to such property.
M.
Indecent dress. Being a person over the age of 16
years and appearing in the Business District or any other public street
or place within the Village dressed in such manner which fails to
conceal that portion of the wearer's body extending from the shoulders
to a point midway between the hips and knees.
N.
Violates ordinance. Violates any ordinance herein
which by its terms declares such violation to be disorderly conduct.
[Amended 12-14-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993]
Any violation of this chapter or parts thereof
shall constitute disorderly conduct. Any person found to be in violation
of the provisions of this chapter may be assessed a fine not to exceed
$250 or imprisoned for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both such
fine and imprisonment.
