(a) General. No occupant of any house whether residence or business shall permit same to be kept in an indecent and offensive or disorderly manner or permit loafers or idle persons to congregate therein or in front of same to the annoyance of persons passing by or living in the vicinity.
(b) House of ill fame. No persons shall keep a house or other place of ill fame in the city and no person shall knowingly rent any house to be used as a house of ill fame. All adult persons living in such house shall be considered keepers thereof and be subject of the penalties of this code
(c) Profanity and boisterous conduct. It shall be unlawful for any person to use loud and boisterous language so as to become a nuisance or use any form of profanity or indecent language on the street or in a gathering or audience or assembly, or in any public place whatsoever, or to indecently expose themselves within the corporate limits.
(d) Public drunkenness. It shall be unlawful for any intoxicated person to be on or upon any public street or other public place.
(e) Drinking in public. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or sell beer, unfortified wine, whiskey, or alcoholic beverages of any kind on any property owned or occupied by the city.
(f) Appearing shirtless. Appearing shirtless in public in the downtown area is offensive and unsightly to the public, and constitutes a nuisance offending public decency. Therefore, it shall be unlawful for any person to appear shirtless in public in downtown Philippi and such conduct shall constitute a nuisance. “Downtown Philippi” shall include all of Main Street from the covered bridge to Byrer Street, and shall further include the Court House Square, the Vietnam Veterans Park and the Blue and Gray Park.
(g) Penalties. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and if found guilty of such misdemeanor, is punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding 100, or another such amount as set by Council from time to time.
(Ord. passed 8-23-1989; Ord. passed 8-8-2017)