(A) Disorderly conduct. The performance of any of the following acts without authority of law by any person or persons is hereby declared to be disorderly conduct:
(1) Willfully disturbing any assembly or meeting not unlawful in its character, or the peace and quiet of any family or neighborhood;
(2) Using or exhibiting profane, threatening, vulgar, indecent, or abusive or insulting language, conduct, or behavior in or about any public building, store, or place of business or upon the streets, alleys, or sidewalks of the city so as to be audible or offensive;
(3) Frequent or loiter about any place soliciting any person for the purpose of committing a crime against nature or other lewdness or himself or herself lewdly exposing his or her person or any open and gross lewdness or lascivious behavior, or any act of public indecency; and/or
(4) To congregate with others on a public street or highway or other public places and to obstruct access to or from any building or place, or to obstruct a free passage of others and refuse to move on or make way when ordered to do so by any law enforcement officer.
(B) Loitering.
(1) A person commits a violation if he or she loiters or prowls in a place, at a time, or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity. Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether alarm is warranted is the fact that the person takes flight upon appearance of a police officer, refuses to identify himself or herself, or manifestly endeavors to conceal himself or herself or any object. Unless flight by the person or other circumstances makes it impractical, a police officer shall, prior to any arrest for an offense under this section, afford the person an opportunity to dispel any alarm which would otherwise be warranted, by requesting the person to identify himself or herself and to explain his or her presence or conduct. No person shall be convicted of an offense under this section if the police officer did not comply with the preceding sentence, or if it appears at trial that the explanation given by the person was true and, if it had been believed by the police officer at the time, would have dispelled the alarm. Any police officer may arrest any person suspected of being a loiterer or prowler without a warrant if it reasonably appears that the delay in arresting the suspect caused by obtaining a warrant would result in the suspect's escape.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, after first being warned by a police officer, or where a “no loitering” sign or signs have been posted, to loiter, stand, sit, or lie in or upon any public or quasi- public sidewalk, street, curb, cross-walk, walkway area, mall or that portion of private property utilized for public use, so as to hinder or obstruct unreasonably the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles thereon. It shall be unlawful for any person to block, obstruct, or prevent free access to the entrance to any building open to the public.
(3) For the purpose of this section, PUBLIC PLACEhas the following definition unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning: an area generally visible to public view, including streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots, automobiles (whether moving or not), and buildings open to the general public, including those which serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them.
(C) Disorderly conduct and loitering prohibited. Disorderly conduct or vagrancy, as hereinbefore described, is hereby prohibited and any performance of the above described acts shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(D) Effective date. This section shall be in effect from and after its adoption and publication according to law.
(Ord. 83, passed 8-3-1974) Penalty, see § 10.99