(A) A person commits the offense of loitering when one is in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity. It shall further be unlawful for any person to loiter, wander, stand or remain idle, either alone or in consort with others, in any public place so as to:
(1) 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; or
(2) 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 facing or fronting on any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, right-of-way or any other public place or building, all of which permits the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress or regress therein, thereupon and thereto.
(B) When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated division (A) above, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing the conditions and to move or to disperse.
(C) Any person who fails or refuses to obey those orders shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
(Ord. passed 2-2-2004) Penalty, see § 130.99