[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Shamokin 5-14-1979 by Ord. No. 262 (Ch. 68 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
LOITERING
Remaining idle in essentially one location and shall include the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly and shall also include the colloquial expression "hanging around."
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the public has access and shall include any street, highway, road, alley or sidewalk. It shall also include the front or the neighborhood of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and public grounds, areas, parks, as well as parking lots or other vacant private property not owned by or under the control of the person charged with violating this chapter or, in the case of a minor, not owned or under the control of his parent or guardian.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter in a public place in such manner as to:
(1) 
Clearly cause an immediate, actual, physical, violent reaction from any person of ordinary sensibilities, which reaction will cause or create a threat to the peace and good order of the public.
(2) 
So disturb a person of ordinary sensibilities as to cause such person to react immediately in such a way as to threaten by physical violence the peace and good order of the public.
(3) 
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
(4) 
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in a public place as defined in § 311-1. This subsection shall include the making of unsolicited remarks of an offensive, disgusting or insulting nature or which are calculated to annoy or disturb a person of ordinary sensibilities so as to cause such person to react immediately in such a way as to threaten by physical violence the peace and good order of the public.
B. 
No person shall be convicted of loitering in a public place in violation of this section unless a police officer at the time determined that such person was causing or was likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated hereinabove, and such police officer, at that time, ordered the person to cease the enumerated conduct, which police order the person refused to obey.
[Amended 6-11-1990]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before any Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $300 and costs of prosecution and/or suffer imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a new and separate offense, and the person or persons allowing the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
If any section of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of any other section or sections of this chapter.