(a) Definitions.
(1) “Loitering” means remaining idly in essentially one location and includes the concept of spending time idly to be dilatory; to linger; to stay; to saunter, to delay; to stand around and shall also include the colloquial expression “hanging around”.
(2) “Public place” means any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the use of the public. It also includes the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.
(b) Loitering on School Property. No person, not a student in regular attendance, shall loiter in or about any school, school building, or school grounds in violation of any posted rules or regulations governing the use of any such school without written permission from the principal.
(c) Police Order to Disperse; Violation.
(1) No person shall loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either along and/or in consort with others in a public place, in such manner so as to:
A. Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tend to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians.
B. 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 upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and egress therein, thereon and thereto.
(2) When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in subsection (c)(1) hereof, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. When any employer or owner of a property permits its employees or occupants of a property to cause or commit such conditions enumerated in subsection (c)(1) hereof, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that employer or owner stop permitting such employees or occupants to cause such condition. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this subsection (c).
(Passed 6-13-05.)