City Council Ordinance 166ORDINANCE AMENDMENT N0. 166
HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO DO HEREBY ORDAIN THAT
RDINANCE TITLE 7, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 5, REGARDING PUBLIC NUISANCE
HALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
7-1-3: PUBLIC NUISANCE:
(A) Misdemeanors. Whoever commits any of the following acts is
guilty of a misdemeanor; punishable by a fine of not more than $700
and by imprisonment in the county jail of not more than 90 days:
1. Consumption of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating liquor
in public or in other places prohibited by law except as
provided by law.
2. Strewing, scattering, littering, throwing, or disposing of any
garbage or refuse onto any premises except into receptacles
provided for such purposes.
3. Marking with ink, paint, chalk, or other substance, or posting
handbills on, or in any other manner defacing or injuring any
public or private building or place within the City, or
marking, defacing, or injuring fences, trees, lawns, or
fixtures appurtenant to or located on the site of such
buildings, or posting handbills on such fences, trees or
fixtures, or place a sign anywhere on any such site except as
permitted by the owner thereof.
4. Lingering about the doorway of any building, or sitting or
lingering upon the steps, window sills, railing, fence, or
parking area adjacent to any building in such a manner as to
obstruct or partially obstruct ingress to or egress from such
building or in such a manner to annoy the owner or occupant.
5. Obstructing pedestrian or vehicular traffic or otherwise
causing an obstruction or interference with premises or
rendering any premise dangerous for passage except in cases of
emergency.
6. Failing or refusing to vacate or leave any premises after being
requested or ordered, either orally, in writing, or by posted
sign, to do so by the owner, agent, manager, or person in
charge thereof, or by any law enforcement agent or official,
and also the return at any time thereafter to any such premises
after having been so requested or ordered to vacate or leave
such premises.
(B) Petty Misdemeanors. Whoever commits any of the following acts
is guilty of a petty misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more
than $100:
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Races the motor of any motor vehicle so as to cause unnecessary
and unreasonable noise;
2. Causes, produces, or creates any unnecessary and unreasonable
noise by shouting, mechanical means, the blowing of motor
vehicle horns, or any other similar noise.
3. Improper or annoying use of spot lights onto persons or
premises.
4. Using profane, abusive, indecent, or threatening language in
public.
5. Occupies a standing motor vehicle in an area generally reserved
for parking, or occupies a standing motor vehicle while the
vehicle is double parked.
(C) Premises. For purposes of this section, premises shall include
any yard, lot, parcel, sidewalk, boulevard, street, highway, alley,
park, playground, restaurant, cafe, church, school, any car or other
motor vehicle, parking lot, drive-in, building used for business,
commercial or industrial purposes, washroom or lavatory, apartment
hallway or other location whether public or private in the City of
Monticello.
Adopted this 11th day of October, 1988.
Mayor
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