CHAPTER XI. PUBLIC OFFENSESCHAPTER XI. PUBLIC OFFENSES\ARTICLE 2. LOCAL PROVISIONS

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully disturb the peace and quiet of any person, family or neighborhood.

(Code 1956, 9-106)

It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass upon the property owned or occupied by another for the purpose of looking into or peeping into any window, door, skylight or other opening in any house or building occupied by another person.

(Code 1956, 9-111)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to without authority of the city, climb or be upon or deface or damage the water tower or other part of the waterworks or sewage treatment plant of the city.

(Code 1956, 9-128)

It shall be unlawful for any person to be found loitering without visible means of support in the city.

(Code 1956, 9-129)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to solicit alms or beg on any street or public way or in any public building or from house to house within the city. Nothing herein shall be construed to apply to any religious or charitable institution or organization having a recognized local organization or who may have the permission of the city council to solicit for any public purpose.

(Code 1956, 9-130)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to loiter, lounge, loaf, wander, or play in or upon any public street, alley, public park, square or municipal parking lot or any sidewalk appurtenant thereto within the city after the hour of 11:00 p.m. and before the hour of 6:00 a.m. the following day Sunday through Thursday and after 12:00 midnight and before the hour of 6:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

(b)   The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any person under the age of 18 whose parent or legal guardian has renounced his or her right to the care, custody and earnings of that person or to any person under the age of 18 who is legally married.

(c)   Provisions of subsection (a) shall also not apply under the following circumstances:

(1)   When the person under 18 years of age is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian;

(2)   When the person under 18 years of age is attending a church or school function or other activity organized or sponsored by and under the supervision of a church or school or sponsored by parents or while returning home from any such function or activity by way of the most direct route;

(3)   When the person under 18 years of age is going to or from a place of lawful employment by way of the most direct route;

(4)   When the person under 18 years of age is engaged in normal travel through, to or from the city to another destination.

(d)   Any police officer finding a person under 18 years of age in violation of this section shall ascertain the name and address of the minor and warn the minor that he or she is in violation of the curfew and shall direct the minor to proceed at once to his or her home or usual place of abode.

(e)   If any minor refuses to heed the warning or direction by any police officer or refuses to give his or her correct name and address, he or she shall be taken to the police department and the parent, guardian or other adult having the care and custody of the minor shall be notified to come and take charge of the minor.

(f)   It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian or other person lawfully entitled to the care, custody or control of any person under 18 years of age to knowingly suffer or permit such person to violate the provisions of subsection (a).

(Code 1997)