2006-0191
INTRODUCED BY: APRIL BLACK, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to add to the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances under Chapter 14 Miscellaneous Provisions and Offenses Section 14-10.1. Obstructing Public Passages.
Body
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, servitude, highway, bridge, alley, road or other passageway, or the entrance, corridor, or passage of any public building, structure, water craft or ferry, by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or restraining traffic or passage with any private structure or basketball goal, either permanent or movable.
SECTION II. Obstructing Public Passages is considered a misdemeanor and violators upon conviction will incur the same penalties as defined in State Revised Statutes 14:100.1. Penalty fine of not more that five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned.
SECTION III. This Section will not be applicable to the erection or construction of any barricades or other forms of obstructions as a safety measure in connection with construction, excavation, maintenance, repair, replacement or other work, in or adjacent to any public sidewalk, street, servitude, highway, bridge, alley, road or other passageway, nor to the placing of barricades or other forms of obstruction by governmental authorities, or any officer or agent thereof, in the proper performance of duties.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2006, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
Obstructing Public Passages
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