2008-0425
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, Chapter 14 Miscellaneous Provisions and Offenses, by deleting Section 14-4.2 and Section 14-4.4 and adding a new Section 14-4.2 Loitering which shall define said offense and provide penalties for violators.
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THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Chapter 14 Miscellaneous Provisions and Offenses of the Code of Ordinances be amended by deleting Section 14-4.2 and Section 14-4.4 and adding a new Section 14-4.2 Loitering to read as follows:
Sec. 14-4.2. Loitering
Loiter or Loitering shall mean remaining in essentially one (1) location for no obvious reason, to linger, to stay, to saunter, to dawdle, to stand around, or to delay an activity with aimless stops and pauses or to otherwise spend time idly or to be dilatory, in such a manner as to intentionally:
(1) Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians;
(2) 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 regress, therein, thereon and thereto; or
(3) Obstruct the entrance to any public place, building or business establishment, without so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish, verbal or otherwise, of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge of the public place, building or premises; the p...
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