§ 28-47. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Loitering means remaining in essentially one location, in a public place and in such a manner as to:

    (1)

    Create or cause to be created any disturbance to the comfort or repose of any person;

    (2)

    Create or cause to be created a danger of a breach of the peace;

    (3)

    Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles;

    (4)

    Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in a public place; or

    (5)

    Make unsolicited remarks of an offensive nature which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace or which are calculated to disturb the person to, or in whose hearing, they are made.

(Ord. No. 96-14, § 5, 11-4-1996)