Public intoxication is being on a highway or street or in a public place or public building while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, narcotics, or other drug, to the degree that one may endanger himself or other persons or property or annoy persons in his vicinity. Public intoxication is a Class C misdemeanor as defined in the Uniform Public Offense Code.

(Ord. 154; Code 2018)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to wander, lounge, loaf, loiter or play in, about, on, upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, vacant lot, parking lot, park, playground, public place or other place normally accessible to the general public for public use, whether on foot or in a vehicle or by any other means after the hour of 10:30 o’clock P.M. and before the hour of 6:00 o’clock A.M. and it shall further be unlawful for any child under the age of eighteen (18) years to wander, loaf, lounge, loiter or play in, about or upon any public street, alley sidewalk, vacant lot, park, playground, public place or any other place normally accessible to the public for public use, whether on foot or in a vehicle or by any other means after the hour of 12:00 o’clock midnight and before the hour of 6:00 o’clock A.M.; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such prohibition shall not apply to those children who are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, nor to those who are enroute by the most direct and accessible route from their homes to an authorized place of employment, nor to those who are enroute by the most direct and accessible route from an authorized place of attendance to their residence; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the term “authorized” as used in this section shall denote prior authorization by a parent or legal guardian. Violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00.

(b)   It shall be unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of any child under the age of eighteen (18) years to suffer, permit or allow such child to wander, lounge, loaf, loiter or play in, about or upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, vacant lot, parking lot, park, playground, public place or other place normally accessible to the general public for public use, during the hours of curfew applicable to such child in violation of subsection (a). Violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00.

(Ord. 138; Code 2018)

(a)   Every person who shall willfully, unlawfully and maliciously break, destroy, injure or deface any private building of any type or other improvement or fixture located upon private property, or any part of such building or other improvement or fixture located upon private property, or sever from any such building, or other improvement or fixture located upon private property, any part thereof or material of which it is formed, or sever from the land belonging to another, any plant, flower, tree or shrub, or destroy or injure any plant, flower, tree, shrub or lawn grass of any type, shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)   Every person who shall willfully, unlawfully, and maliciously break, destroy, injure or deface any personal property or chattel of any type belonging to another person, or any part thereof, or sever from any such personal property or chattel any part thereof or material of which it is formed, shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c)   Every person who shall willfully, unlawfully and maliciously break, destroy, injure or deface any property of all type whatsoever, real or personal, belonging to the City of Pretty Prairie, Kansas or any other unit of local government, or the State of Kansas or the United States, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.

(d)   Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a file of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days or both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 96; Ord. 98; Code 2018)