Chapter 9.16 OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
Section 9.16.050 Disturbing public places.
A. It is unlawful for any person on
the premises of any public place in the city to:
1. Race the motor of any motor vehicle
needlessly;
2. Needlessly bring to a sudden start
or stop any motor vehicle;
3. Blow any horn of any motor vehicle
or cause to be made any loud or unseemly noise,
nuisance or disturbance whereby the quiet and good order of the premises or the neighborhood
are needlessly disturbed.
B. It is unlawful for any person entering
the premises of any public place in the city to:
1. Enter the premises of a public
place with a motor vehicle of any description and park such
vehicle and leave the premises (thereby leaving such vehicle parked and unoccupied) without the
express consent of the owner or operator of such public place, in which event, such person shall
be subject to parking citation and fine and/or the vehicle may be impounded by the city and the
person or owner of the vehicle subject to the usual and customary impounding charges of the
city;
2. Enter the premises of the public
place in or upon a motor vehicle and use the premises for
cruising, racing as a short cut to another street, alley or way or to annoy or endanger any person
or persons or endanger another or other vehicle or vehicles lawfully on the premises;
3. For three or more persons to congregate
on the premises and loiter or linger at, on or about
the premises other than in a building located on the premises or in a legally parked motor vehicle
located on the premises pursuant to lawful patronage or use of the premises; and
4. For any person, while on the premises
of a public place in the city, in the presence or
hearing of another, to curse, use profane language or abuse another person or use any violent or
abusive language under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace.
For purposes hereof, private business establishments located
within the city, including, but not
limited to: restaurants, drive-in restaurants, taverns, stores, banks, and business offices; and
nonresidential, non-business establishments, including, but not limited to churches; and public
property, including the city park, shall be regarded as public places. A drive-in restaurant within
the meaning hereof shall be deemed to be a restaurant where meals, sandwiches, cold drinks,
beverages, ice cream or other food or drink is served directly to or is permitted to be consumed
by patrons in or upon motor vehicles, including trucks, automobiles or motorcycles parked on the
premises thereof.
It shall be the duty of the owner or operator of public places
seeking enforcement hereof to
post on the premises of their public places, in a conspicuous location, one or more signs bearing
the following legend in letters at least two inches or more high and readable:
CRUISING IN OR CONGREGATING AND LOITERING
OUTSIDE OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE ON THESE PREMISES IS UNLAWFUL. NO UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE MAY BE
LEFT ON THESE PREMISES WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER OR
OPERATOR HEREOF.
The corporate authority of the city declares the provisions
hereof to be for the purpose of
preserving the public peace, health and safety of public places in the city, as herein defined.
(Prior code § 27-3-19)
9.16.050