(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Public place" means any street, alley, park, public building, any place of business or assembly open to or frequented by the public, or any other place which is open to public view, or to which the public has access.
(2) "Loitering" means the act of standing or idling in or about any street, sidewalk, highway, alley, park or other place open to the general public, including any area designated for the parking of motor vehicles, so as to hinder or impede or tend to hinder or impede the passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
(b) Prohibited Acts. No person shall:
(1) Individually, or with others, stand, loiter, stroll or collect in a group or crowd for any unlawful, improper or mischievous purpose or diversion to the annoyance, interference or disturbance of others in any place in the City of Hart, public or private;
(2) Obstruct the entrance of any business establishment (without doing so for some lawful purpose) without the express consent of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge of the building;
(3) Station himself or herself upon sidewalks, public streets or in other public places in such a manner as to hinder pedestrian or vehicular traffic, without the express consent of the owner, lessee, managing agent, person or other entity in charge of said items;
(4) Prowl about the private premises of any person or entity in the night-time without permission of the owner of such premises;
(5) Engage in any indecent, insulting, immoral or obscene conduct in any public place, such as, but not limited to, improperly, lewdly or wrongfully accosting, ogling, insulting, annoying, following, pursuing, touching, or, by gesturing, movement of body or otherwise, molesting any person in a public place;
(6) Engage in any disturbance, fight or quarrel in any public place;
(7) Discharge any firearm, B.B. gun, air rifle, air pistol or bow and arrow in the City of Hart, except at a duly established target range;
(8) Disturb any service of worship or any other assembly gathered for a lawful purpose;
(9) Wander about and beg in the streets or from house to house, or sit, stand or take a position in any place and beg from passersby, either by words, the exhibiting of a sign or by gestures; or
(Ord. 140. Passed 3-22-82.)
(10) Create, assist in creating, permit, continue or permit the continuance of any excessive, unnecessary or unusually loud noise, or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the City. The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud, disturbing, injurious, unnecessary and unlawful noises in violation of this section, but this enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive, namely:
A. Horns and signal devices. The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle, while not in motion, except as a danger signal or to give warning of intent to get into motion, or, if in motion, only as a danger signal after or as brakes are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle has begun; the creation by means of such signal devices of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of such device for any unreasonable or unnecessary period of time;
B. Radios, phonographs, musical instruments. The playing of any radio, phonograph, television set or any musical instrument, loudspeaker, tape recorder or other electronic sound producing devices, in such a manner or with such volume, particularly during the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office or dwelling, motel or other type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity, or permitting the same to be done. The operation of any such radio, phonograph, musical instrument or device in such a manner as to be plainly audible on property or in a dwelling unit other than that in which it is located, shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section.
C. Shouting and whistling. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing or the making of any other loud noises on the public street, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, or the making of any such noise at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any dwelling, motel, hospital or other type of residence, or in any office, or of any persons in the vicinity, or permitting the same to be done.
D. Exceptions. None of the prohibitions herein contained shall apply against noise of safety signals, warning devices or authorized vehicles responding to an emergency, nor to official parades, bells, chimes and/or carillons while being used for religious purposes or in conjunction with religious services or public celebrations, nor to those bells, chimes and carillons that are presently installed and in use for any purpose.
E. Owner's responsibility. If the person responsible for an activity which violates this paragraph(b)(10) cannot be determined, the owner, lessee or occupant of the property on which the activity is located shall be deemed responsible for the violation.
(Ord. 140A. Passed 8-12-86.)