§ 14-86. Crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.

(a)

Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

To crowd is to occupy or advance upon any public way or grounds by shoving, pressing, cramming or tightly forcing together.

To obstruct is occupy or advance upon any public way or grounds by blocking or filling a passage so as to impede lawful public movement.

To incommode is to occupy or advance upon any public way or grounds by the domination of public space to the exclusion of other lawful or intended use by other members of the public.

(b)

Crowding, obstructing and incommoding unlawful and prohibited. It is unlawful for a person, alone or in concert with others to crowd, obstruct, or incommode:

(1)

The use of any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, or sidewalk;

(2)

The entrance of any public or private building or enclosure;

(3)

The use of or passage through any public building or public conveyance;

(4)

The passage through or within any park or reservation of public space.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for a person, alone or in concert with others to continue or resume the crowding, obstructing, or incommoding after being instructed by a law enforcement officer to cease the crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.

(d)

Any person who is convicted of any violation of this section, the court before whom an offender shall be tried may sentence him to pay a fine not exceeding the maximum fine permitted by law or serve a term not exceeding 30 days in jail, or both. Each day any violation of this section shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 2017-32, 8-8-17)