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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1959-04ORDINAM NO. N-4 An Onnuanee Declare" Certain Acta to be Misdemeanors and CaatrarT to the Public Safety. Walla" and Morals. and Pre- scribing Penalties for the Vio- latien of the Ordinance. The Village Council of the Vil- lage of Plymouth do hereby or- dain as follows: Section 1. This Ordinance shall be known as the Public Safety, Welfare and Morals Ordinance. Section t The doing of any of the acts or things prohibited, or the failing to do any of the things or acts commanded to be done as set forth in this Ordinance, is hereby declared to be an offense against the good order, public peace, health, welfare, morals, and proper government of this Village and unlawful. Section 8. Disorderly CenducL The doing of any of the following acts without authority of law by any person or persons is hereby declared to be disorderly conduct and unlawful. (a) Wilfully disturbing an as- sembly or meeting not unlawful in its character or the peace and quiet of any family or neighbor- hood; (b) Wilfully and lewdly ex- posing the person or the private parts thereof or procuring anoth- er to so expose himself and any open or gross lewdness or lasci- vious behavior or any act of pub- lic indecency; (c) Using profane, vulgar or indecent language in or about any public buildings, store or place of business, or upon any of the streets, alleys or sidewalks of the Village. so as to be audible and offensive; (d) Appearing on any public street or other public place in an intoxicated condition or drinking intoxicating liquor on any vehi- cle upon a public sweet. Section 4. Assault. No person shall strike or attempt to strike nor in any unlawful manner of- fer to do or do any bodily harm to another person, nor unlawful- ly make an attempt to apply any degree of force or violence to the person of another, nor in a vio- lent, rude, angry, or insolent manner touch or lay hands upon the person of another. Section 5. Vagrants. Vagrancy Is hereby declared to be unlaw- ful and the following persons are hereby declared to be vagrant: (a) A person. who being a ha- bitual drunkard, abandons, ne- glects or refuses to aid in the support of his family; (b) A person who has con- tracted an infectious or other di- sease in the practice of drun- keness or debauchery requiring charitable aid to restore him to health. (c) Fortune tellers and such other like imposters; (d) A person known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, yegg- man or confidence man and hnv- ing no visible or lawful means of support, when found loitering around any railroad depot, rail- road yard, banking institution, broker's office, place of public amusement, hotel, auction room, store, shop, crowded tliornu,,h- fare. car or omnibus or at any public gathering or assembly. (e) A person engaged in prac- ticing or attempting any trick or device to procure mony or other thing of value when such trick or device is made a public offense by any law of this State or any person engaged in soliciting, pro- curing or attempting to solicit monev or other thing of value by falsely pretending and represent- ing himself to be blind, deaf, dumb, without arms or legs, or to be otherwise physically deficient or to be suffering from any phy- sical defect or infirmity; (f) A person wandering about and lodging in taverns, groceries, ale houses, market places, sheds, stables, barns or other uninhabit- ed buildings or in the open air, not giving a good account of him - elf. Section & Destruction of Prop- er,, and Trespass. 5.01, It shall be unlawful wil- fully or maliciously to displace, remove, injure or destroy any of the following: (a) A highway or private way laid out by authority of law or bridge upon such public or pri- vate way; (b) A tree, rod, post or other monument, which has been erect- ed or marked for the purpose of designating a point in any boun- dary or any mark or inscription thereon; (c) A mile board, a milestone or guide post erected uTwn a highway or any inscription there- on: (d) A line of telegraph or tele- phone or any part thereof or any appurtenance or apparatus con- nected with the working of any mnsnetic or electric telegraph or telephone or the sanding or con- v+i veyance of messages thereby; (e) The pipe or main for con- ducting gas or water or heat or any works erected for supplying buildings with gas or water or heat or any appurtenance or ap- pendage connected therewith; (f) A sewer or drain or a pipe or a main connecter? therewith or forming a part thereof. (g) Any standing crops, grain. cultivated fruits or vegetables, the property of another, in any case for which punishment has not been otherwise prescribed. 5.02. It shall be unlawful in any manner wilfully to damage any building or part thereof, throw any stone or other missile at or break anv window therein or aid, counsel, hire or procure any per- sons so to do. 5.03. It shall he unlawful for any person who has no right of possession to refuse to depart from and surrender possession of nronerty when ordered to do so by the owner thereof and there- after wilfuly to continue to tres- pass upon said property; provid- ed. Oat this section shall not apply in any case where imme- diately prior thereto there existed between the owner and the per- son in possession the relationship of landlord and tenant, vendor and vendee, mortgagor and mort- gagee, or their respective succes- sors or assigns. Section 8. Dangerous Articles. 6.01. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or vendor to sell, or cause to be sold, place or cause to be placed any gasoline or benzine in quantities of more than one pint, in any receptacle except of a bright red color and tagged and labeled in large plain letters with the name of the con- tents or to sell or cause to be sold, place or cause to be placed kerosene or other illuminating oil in the same quantities in any recentacle except of a bright red color. 6.02. It shall be unlawful to sell, give loan or in anywise fur- nish any firearm or ammunition to a minor under the age of 18 years without the written consent of his parents or guardian or of a notice officer or magistrate, 6.03. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, manu- facture, use, sell or keep for sale within this Village, firecrackers, crackers and other explosive py- rotechnics, except by special per- m it. $action 1. Lay. and Onler teed $100.00 or by imprisonment 7.01. It shall he unlawful for not to exceed 90 days, together any person wilfully to oppose or with the costs of prosecution in obstruct a health officer or phy- either ease. sician charged with the enforce- Section 11. This Ordinance hent of the health laws in per - shall be in full force and effect farming any legal duties. from and after its passage and 7.02 It shall be unlawful for publication. an;, person directly or indirect- passed by the Village Council ly t-) addres any threat or intimi- of the Village of Plymouth this datit.n to a public officer or to a 3rd day of February, 1959. referee, arbitrator, appraiser or Howard C. Anderson, Mayor asseswor or to any other person (SEAL) author zed by law to hear or de- Attest: termine any controversy or mat- H. T. Johnson, Village Clerk ter wits intent to induce him contrary to his duty to do or make or to omit or delay in any net, decision or determination. Section L Conspiracy It shall be unlawful for any two or more persons to conspire to commit any act injurious to public health, public .norals, trade or commerce or to conspire for the perversion or obstruction of public justice or the due ad- ministration of the law. Section & Carlaw La - 9.01. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person under the age of 15 to be or remain in or upon any of the public streets, alleys or public ,7ounds in the Village of Plymo ith between the hours of 9 p. m. and 5:30 a. m„ unles such person is accompa- nied by and under the control of a parent, guardian or other per- son having the legal custody of such minor person, unless such minor person has obtained from the Village Council a Special Per- mit permitting said minor person necessarily to be upon the said streets, alleys or public places during said times because of the permit. 9.02. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any parents, guar- dian or other person having the legal care and custody of any per- son under 15 years of age to al- low or permit any such child, ward or other person under such age, while in such legal custody, to go or be n or upon any of the public streets, alleys or pub- lic grounds of the Village of Ply- mouth within the times prohibit- ed in this Section, unless there exists a reasonable necessity therefor. Section 10. penalties Any person, firm or corpora- tion convicted of violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not to ex.