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Sec. 16-15. Littering.
It shall be unlawful for any person to litter, place or throw rubbish, trash, debris, garbage, junk or refuse on or upon any of the streets, alleys or lanes in the city. (Ord. of 9-12-66,&1)

Sec. 16-27. Unwanted presence on premises of another.
(a) The unwanted presence of a person on the premises of another person is hereby declared to be dangerous to the welfare and safety of the residents of the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, who is on the premises of another, to fail and refuse to leave such premises when requested to do so by the owner of such premises, or by any person in charge of such premises or the agent or employee of such owner or such person in charge of such premises. (Ord. of 4-4-60,&2)

Sec. 16-8. Discharging firearms.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a gun, pistol or other firearm within the city, except in defense of person or property. (Code 1906,&107)

Sec. 15-61. Driving motor vehicles in careless manner.
It shall unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle on streets, alleys, byways, parking lots or driveways in such a manner as to cause the motor vehicle to spin its tires, fishtail in a zigzag manner or spin around in a circle. (Ord. No. 86-6, 5-5-86)

Sec. 3-87. Access of police officers and public officials.
No holder of any alcoholic beverage license nor any agent, servant or employee of any business in which any alcoholic beverage license is utilized shall at any time deny or prevent access to the licensed premises, or any portion there of to any police officer, to any state or federal or local law enforcement officer or to any local, state or federal building, zoning or fire inspector or official in connection with the conduct of such officer's inspector's or official's duties or fail or obstruct any such officer, inspector or official in connection with the conduct of any investigation by any such officer, inspector or official with respect to the licensed premises or any activity or conduct upon the licensed premises involving alcoholic beverages. (Ord. No. 88-11, & 1, 5-2-88)

Sec. 10-27. Placing household garbage in commercial dumpster without permission of owner.
It shall be unlawful for any person to put household garbage, trash or any other waste in a commercial dumpster within the city without permission from the owner of said dumpster. (Ord. No. 82-6, 4-5-82)

Sec. 10-28. Removing material from commercial dumpster without permission from owner.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to remove any article, trash or other material from any commercial dumpster without permission from the owner. (Ord. No. 82-6, 4-5-82)

Sec. 16-1. Advertising-Posting on utility poles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to tack, post or nail any paper, metal, wood, or other signs or advertising matter of any character, on any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole on any street or alley within the city. (Ord. of 11-1-09)

Sec. 10-51. Burning prohibited.
(a) No person shall set fire to, or burn any papers or other refuse deposited at any disposal site or on the grounds thereof.
(b) No garbage or other materials, from which offensive odors emanate during combustion, shall be burned outside of any building. (Ord. No. 78-8 & 1 (10-104),5-1-78)

Sec. 16-6. Congregating on streets, sidewalks.
The congregating of person on the sidewalks and streets of the city so as to obstruct the same is hereby declared to be dangerous to the welfare and safety of the residents of the city. It shall be unlawful for any person or number of persons to congregate in such numbers on the sidewalks and streets of the city so as to obstruct the same. (Ord. of 11-62, 1,2)

Sec. 15-13. Crossing fire hose.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down of any street or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command. (Ord. No. 86-6, 5-5-86)

Sec. 4-19. Vicious dogs; nuisance dogs in neighborhood, on public school grounds.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner of a vicious dog to keep such dog within the city, except within a suitable fenced enclosure; and it shall be unlawful to permit such dog to go upon or have access to the streets of the city unless such dog is muzzled so as to make it impossible to bite. A dog shall be deemed "vicious" which has bitten or attempted to bite any person.
(b) Where any owner of any dog has knowledge that such dog is vicious, it shall be unlawful for such owner of such dog to fail to report such fact to the police department of the City of Tifton.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor a dog within the city, which, by loud and frequent or habitual barking, yelping, or howling, or by constant threat of attacking and biting people passing to and from upon the streets, shall cause continual annoyance to the neighbor.
(d) It shall be unlawful for the owner of a dog to permit such dog to run at large.

Sec. 17-7. Alcoholic Beverages Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession beer or any beverage containing any alcoholic content whatsoever, or to drink beer or any beverage containing any alcoholic content whatsoever, in any park. (Ord. No. 72-136, 3, 6-5-72)

Sec. 17-8. Presence in park at night.
It shall be unlawful for any person to be in or occupy any park from 11:00 p.m. each day until 7:00 a.m. the following day; provided, however, any person or group of persons may secure the prior approval of the caretaker of the park to remain in such park during the aforesaid hours and upon being given approval, may do so without being in violation of this section. (Ord. No. 69-39, 1, 5-12-69)

Sec. 15-102. Obstructing streets, alleys.
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, except a driver may stop in obedience to traffic regulations of traffic signals of a police officer.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less then ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic. (Ord. No. 86-6, 5-5-86)

Sec. 16-9 Disorderly Conduct
Any person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct of the:
1. Acts in violent or tumultuous manner toward another.
2. Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby public property or property of any other person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged.
3. Endangers lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, angry threats, and abusive conduct.
4. Causes, provokes or engages in any filth, brawl, or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health, or property of another or public property.
5. Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of causing, provoking, encouraging, or engaging in any fight or brawl.
6. Jostles or roughly crowds or pushes any person in any public place.
7. Collects in bodies or in crowds for unlawful purposes.
8. Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of or with the intent to engage in gaming.
9. Frequents any public place with intent to obtain money from another by illegal an fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice, or device.
10. Assembles with another or others for the purpose of engaging in any fraudulent scheme, device, or trick to obtain any valuable thing in any place or from any person in the City or aids or abets therein.
11. Utters, while in a state of anger, in the presence of another, any lewd or obscene words or epithets.
12. Frequents any place where gaming or the illegal sale or possession of alcoholic beverages or narcotics or dangerous drugs is practiced, allowed or tolerated.
13. Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of doing bodily harm to another.
14. No person shall attempt to force his person or company upon any other person against such person's will.

Sec. 16-16 Creation of loud or unnecessary noise prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continue, any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety or other person(s) within the city. This prohibition shall include , but is not limited to, the playing of portable radios or recording playback devices.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb, tend to disturb or aid in disturbing the peace of others, or endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others by violent, offensive, or obstreperous conduct, and no person shall knowingly permit such conduct upon any premise owned or possessed by any person or under that person's control.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, operate, or permit to be played, used, or operated any radio or television receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other recording play back machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the quiet, comfort, repose, health, or peace of the neighborhood inhabitants.
(d) The use, by any person engaged in any business enterprise, of any loudspeaker, amplifier, megaphone, sound track or any other mechanical or electrical device used in the making of loud and unnecessary noises is prohibited as a nuisance at any place within the City.
(e) The city council delegates to the city manager the authority to permit outdoor functions and activities which are nontraditional, such as street dances, parking lot dances, and promotions, and similar activities, and which might tend to produce high noise levels by way of amplified music or other sources. The intent of this subjection is to allow such activities under controlled conditions and where appropriate steps have been taken to reduce the likelihood of annoying or disturbing the peace and comfort of persons in the immediate vicinity of the proposed activity. This subsection is not intended to address or control traditional outdoor activities such as ball games, picnics, church related, and civic gatherings. The decision of whether to permit an activity covered by this section shall be that of the city manager under such terms and conditions as he deems necessary To meet the intent of this section.

Sec. 16-23 Public Drunkenness; consumption of alcoholic beverages on municipal property.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person while intoxicated or drunk to appear in any public place while one (1) or more persons are present or within the curtilage of any private residence not his own where one (1) or more persons are present and manifest a drunken condition by boisterous or indecent conduct or loud or profane language or both.
(b) No person shall be intoxicated to such an extent as to be boisterous or noisy, or who shall commit any other act or disorder amounting to a breach of the peace.
(c) Consumption or possession of open alcoholic beverages of any kind is prohibited on any municipal property located with the limits of the city, to include but not be limited to all streets, sidewalks and thoroughfares, all municipal parking lots, all municipal buildings, and all public parks and recreational facilities.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to drink alcoholic beverages in or at any restaurant, café, eating place, hotel, drugstore, or other place of business in the city unless such person first secures the express consent of the proprietor or manager then in charge of such place. It shall be unlawful for any person to be in or at any restaurant, café, eating place, hotel, drugstore, or other place of business in the city, in an intoxicated condition.
(e) No person shall maintain any place in the city at which he permits other persons to assemble and violate any provisions of this section.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to be intoxicated on the streets.

Sec. 16-13 Loitering or Prowling.
(a) A person commits the offense of loitering or prowling when he is in a place at a time or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity.
(b) Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether alarm is warranted is the fact that the person takes flight upon the appearance of a law Enforcement officer, refuses to identify himself or any object. Unless flight by the person or other circumstances make it impractical, a law enforcement officer shall, prior to any arrest for an offense under this code section, afford the person an opportunity to dispel any alarm or immediate concern which would otherwise explain his presence and conduct. No person shall be convicted of an offense under this code section if the law enforcement officer failed to comply with the foregoing procedure or if it appears at trial that the explanation given by the person was true and would have dispelled the alarm or immediate concern.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand, or remain idle either along and/ or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so as to:
      1. Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or Impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic, or pedestrians.
      2. Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress, regress therein, thereof and thereto.
(d) When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in subsection (c) herein, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of the section.

Sec. 16-10 Aggressive Begging.
Section 1. Aggressive begging in any public place in the City of Tifton as those terms are defined in this section.
Section 2. Definitions. As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended:
1. Aggressive begging: Begging with the intent to intimidate another person into giving money or goods.
2. Begging: asking for money or goods as a gift, whether by words, bodily gestures, signs, or other means.
3. Intimidate: Coercing or frightening into submission or obedience.
4. Public place: Any road, alley, lane, parking area, sidewalk or any place, private or otherwise, adopted or fitted for vehicular or pedestrian travel, that is in common use by the public with the consent, expressed or implied, of the owner or owners, and further, any public playground, school grounds, recreation grounds, parks, parkways, park drives, park paths and wharves, station grounds, and rights-of-ways open to the use of the public.