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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0260 - Criminal Offenses (Repealed by Ord 570)ORDINANCE NO. 260 REPEALED BY ORD 570 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC MORALITY, PEACE, SAFETY AND THE. GOOD ORDER IN THE TOWN OF TUKWILA, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND REPEALING ALL-ORDTNANCES,OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TUK ILA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. FIGHTING, DRUNKENNESS, DISORDIRLY CONDUCT, DISTURB- ING THE PEACE, PROFANE LANGUAGE, IMMORAL PRACTICES: It shall be un- lawful for any person to be guilty of fighting, drunkenness or of riotous or disorderly conduct, or of any conduct tending to disturb the public peace, or to use any profane or abusive language, or to engage in any act or practice whereby the peace or quiet of the Town may be disturber, ,Jr to use any obscene language or be guilty of any indecent or immoral act, practice or conduct tending to de- bauch the public morals. SECTION 11. CONCEALED WEAPONS: It shall be unlawful for any person to carry upon his person, any concealed weapon, consisting of dither a revolver, pistol or other fire arm or any knife (other than .an ordinary pocket knife), or any dirk or dagger, sling -shot or metal knuckle, or any instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of another person; provided, that this section shall not apply to police officers and other persons whose duty it is to execute process or warrants or to make arrests. SECTION 111. TRADUCING ANOTHER, DISTURBING THE PEACE: It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to traduce or threaten to tra- duce another, or to use any language or indulge in any conduct toward another person tending to produce a disturbance of the peace or to challenge another person to fight. SECTION 1V. FIGHTING: It shall be unlawful for any two, or more persons to agree to fight or to fight by agreement. SECTION KEEPING A DISORDERLY HOUSE: It shall be unlawful for any person, who shall keep any house or place of business, to suffer or permit any loud or boisterous noises to be made therein after the hours of eleven (11) o'clock P.M., or to suffer or permit therein, at any time, any riotous or disorderly conduct, drunkenness or fight- ing to the annoyance of the public; and it shall be unlawful for any person, to keep any house or public resort wherein the peace, comfort, quiet ude or decency of the public may be suffered or permitted to be disturbed, or to keep any inn, hotel, lodging house, boarding house, bar room or saloon in a disorderly manner. SECTION Vl DISORDERLY PERSONS: it shall be unlawful for any per- son to be idle or dissolute, or to go begging, or to use any juggling or other unlawful games or plays, or to be a run away, or pilferer, confidence man, common drunkard, common night walker, or to be lewd, wanton or lascivious in speech or behavior, or to be a common railer or brawler, or to be habitually neglectful of his eemployment or call- ing, or not to lawfully provide for himself or the support of his family, or to habitually misspend his time frequenting gaming houses, or saloons, or to lodge in or be found in the night time in any out- house, shed, barn, unoccupied building, car or vehicle, or in the open air and not give a good account of himself. SECTION VII. GAMBLING, BUNCO OR SWINDLING GAMES: It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in gambling, bunco or swindling games, or to operate or have in his possession devices for the pur- pose of swindling or defrauding others. SECTION VIII. PROWLING BY CRIMINALS: It shall be unlawful for any person- "'who is known to be a thief, burglar or pickpocket, either by his own confession or otherwise, or having been convicted of larceny, burglary or other crime against the laws of the State or ordinances of this Town punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or in jail, of any city or county, and having no lawful means of support, to be habitually found prowling around any store, banking institution, shop, depot, place of public amusement, gathering or assemblage, or lounging about any private dwelling house, outhouse or any _e of ill fame or saloon. SECTION IX. BEING ABROAD AT NIGHT AND REFUSING TO GIVE ACCOUNT OF ONE'S SELF: It shall be unlawful for any person, being abroad after the hour of eleven (11) o'clock at night, to fail or refuse, upon the demand of any police officer of the Town of Tukwila, to give the reasons why and the business on which he is abroad, or to give a satis factery account of himself, or to satisfactorily answer for being abroad, and if any such pollee officer shall be satisfied that the public good brequires it, he shall,(first having explained his official character), arrest and detain such person found abroad after eleven(11 o'clock at night for further examination, the object of this section being to protect the city from burglars, robbers and other criminals. SSCTlow X. UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLAGES: It shall be unlawful for any per- sons to collect in crowds for unlawful purposes, or for any purpose to the annoyance or disturbance of citizens or travelers, and any person who shall be one of any such crowd or congregation, or refuses to sep- arate therefrom when so requested by any police officer of the Town of Tukwila, or who shall wilfully attract the attention of persons and cause them to congregate for such purposes, shall be deemed guilty of violation of this section. SECTION XI. INDECENT EXPOSURE: It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in _a state of nudity, or in any indecent or lewd dress, or make any indecent exposure of his person, or to expose his private parts to public view, or be guilty of any lewd act or behavior in any place exposed. to public view. SECTION XII. INJURY OR DIS`1'RUCTIGN OF STRUCTURES: It shall be un- lawful for any person to wantonly destroy, cut, remove, deface, mark or write upon, or in any manner injure any window, fence, gate, bridge dwelling h &use,- engine house, building, awning, railing or any other property, public or private, not his own. SECTION XI.II. INJURY OR DISTRUCTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY: It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface or ir any manner injure any personal property of any kind or character, public or private, not his own. SECTION XIV. INJURY OR REMOVAL OF STREET SIGNS: It shall bo unlawful for any person to remove, deface, injure or destroy any stoee sign, or any sign erected or placed in or adjacent to any street, in- icating.the name of such street, or any legal notice or lawful signa- ture or advertisement whatsoever. SECTION XV. PERSONATING OFFICERS: It shall be unlawful for any person, not being a member of a police force of the Town of Tukwila or a special policeman, appointed in accordance with or Ordinances of the town, to represent to any person that he is a policeman, police officer, city detective or any member of the police force of th town, to the fear, annoyance or discomfort of any person. SECTION XVI. RESISTING OFFICERS: It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and wilfully resist, oppose, hinder or delay any member of the police force of the Town of Tukwila, or any peace office or deputy in any department of the Town Government, in discharge of any official act or duty, or to neglect or refuse to obey any lawful order or direction of any peace officer in the discharge of any lawful act or duty. SECTION XVII. FALSE ALARMS OF FIRE: It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly cause or make any false alarm of fire; provided that this section shall not apply to the Chief of the Fire Department when. such alarm may be deemed proper for the purpose of discipline of firemen, or in their training. SECTION XVIII. THROWING ARTICLES: It shall be unlawful for any person to rudely or mischievously throw anything at, or against, or upon any house, building structure, vehicle, car, or any premises or any person to the annoyance of any person. SECTION __XIX. UNAUTHORIZED TAMPERING WITH FIXTURES: It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, alter, change, remove, disconnect, or connect with, or in any manner interfere, meddle or tamper with, any water main, pipe, stopcock, hydrant, pump, meter or conduit, or any gas pipe, main or meter, or any electric wire, cable, conduit or meter, or to take or use any water, gas or electrical energy or curren without the consent of the owner if the same be privately owned, and without consent of the proper authorities if the same is owned by the Town of Tukwila. SECTION XX. INJURING FLOWERS, FOLIAGE, SHRUBBERY: It shall be unlawful_for any person to pick, pull up or in any manner injure or destroy any flower, foliage, flowering plant, foliage plant or shrubbery im or upon any private property, not his own. SECTION XXI. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED: The word "person" wherevel used_in this ordinance shall when necessary, be held and construed to mean and include natural persons of either sex, associations, co- partnerships and corporations, whether acting by them selves or by servant, agent or employee; the singular number shall, when necessary, be held and construed to include the plural and the masculine pronoun to include the feminine. SECTION XX PENALTY: Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed X100.00 or by imprisonment in the Town Jail not exceeding thirty(30) days or both such fine and imprisonment for each offense. SECTION XXIII. CONFLICT: 11 .11 ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION XXIV. VALIDITY: If any section, paragraph, sentence, claus or phrase of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. SECTION XXV. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect -.immediately upon its final passage and posting as required by law. PASSED the Town Council and approved by the Mayor this 6TH day of MAY 1958 MAYOR CHAS O. BAKER CITY CLERK LOIS T. NEWTON