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Sec. 26-84. - Disorderly conduct.#
(a)
No alcoholic beverage shall be consumed on city streets and sidewalks or within public parks and recreational facilities. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, consume from and/or transport any open container containing alcoholic beverages on any public street, public sidewalk or public way.
(b)
Penalty. Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-12 with the first violation of this section being a fine of $50.00 and each and every offense thereafter being an increased fine of $50.00, up to a fine of no more than $500.00. A court of competent jurisdiction may refer a minor to the juvenile hearing board or, for any individual, may order up to 50 hours of community service instead of ordering a fine.
(Code 1973, § 18-10; Code 1994, § 26-2; Ord. of 9-14-2015(3), § 1)
State Law reference— Disorderly conduct, G.L. 1956, § 11-45-1.
Sec. 26-85. - Sleeping in public.#
(a)
There shall be no sleeping in any public area of the city at night, including parks, streets and automobiles parked in any public area, except those places which provide sleeping accommodations for transient visitors.
(b)
Penalty. Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-12 with the first violation of this section being a fine of $50.00 and each and every offense thereafter being an increased fine of $50.00, up to a fine of no more than $500.00. A court of competent jurisdiction may refer a minor to the juvenile hearing board or, for any individual, may order up to 50 hours of community service instead of ordering a fine.
(Code 1973, § 18-18; Code 1994, § 26-5; Ord. of 9-14-2015(3), § 1)
Sec. 26-86. - Hate groups policy.#
(a)
[Definitions.]
Hate group means a group that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, nation, religion, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation and that is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Violence is defined as the use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, physiological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.
(b)
All actions by hate groups, including groups characterized as White Supremacists, Nazi Groups, Aryan Nations, the KKK and other such groups, are unlawful in the City of Central Falls and are hereby banned because they have a history of violence targeting individuals' race, religion and national origin. Their history of said violence, tied to their message, will incite panic and fear within the City of Central Falls.
(Ord. of 10-29-2020(1), § 5)