§ 130.045 OFFENSES ENDANGERING PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY.
   (A)   Gambling, lotteries, fraudulent devices and practices prohibited. All forms of gambling, lotteries and fraudulent devices and practices are prohibited within the village. Any peace officer or police officer of the village is hereby authorized to seize anything devised solely for gambling or found in actual use of gambling within the village and to dispose thereof after a judicial determination that said device was used solely for gambling or found in actual use for gambling.
   (B)   Disorderly houses prohibited. No person shall keep a disorderly house or house of prostitution with the village.
   (C)   Loitering.
      (1)   Loitering or prowling prohibited, generally. No person shall loiter or prowl 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.
      (2)   Obstruction of traffic by loitering. No person shall loiter upon any public streets, alleys, sidewalks, street crossings or bridges or in any other public place within the village in such a manner as to prevent, interfere with or obstruct the ordinary free use of such public streets, alleys, sidewalks, street crossings or bridges or other public places by persons passing along and over the same. It shall be an offense under this division (C)(2) for a person to refuse to discontinue such loitering after a request to do so by a police officer.
      (3)   Obstruction of entryways by loitering. No person shall loiter upon the public streets, private driveways or sidewalks or in adjacent doorways or entrances so as to obstruct the free entry of persons to the adjacent property, driveways or other entrances to such property. It shall be an offense under this division (C)(3) for a person to refuse to discontinue such loitering after being requested to do so by a police officer.
      (4)   Loitering in places of public assembly or use. No person shall by loitering interfere with the free use of any place of public assembly, or public use or other such place of assembly. It shall be an offense under this division (C)(4) for a person to refuse to discontinue such loitering after a request to do so by a police officer or by the person in charge of the place of public assembly.
      (5)   Loitering on private premises without invitation. No person shall loiter on private premises without invitation from the owner or occupant. It shall be an offense under this division (C)(5) for a person to refuse to discontinue such loitering after being requested to do so by a police officer or by the owner or occupant.
(Prior Code, § 13.01(18)) (Ord. passed 3-11-2009) Penalty, see § 10.99