Chapter 3 Public Offenses
TOWN OF NEWELL
ORDINANCES - PUBLIC OFFENSES - Chapter 3
Section 1. Drunkenness:
Any person who shall be found within the City of Newell in a state of intoxication or drunkenness shall be punishable as provided in Section 21 of this Chapter.
Section 2. Firearms:
Any person who shall discharge or shoot off any gun, pistol or other firearm in the City of Newell except under the supervision or direction of some member of the Police Department shall be punishable as provided in Section 21 of this Chapter.
Section 3. Spitting on Sidewalks:
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City of Newell to spit or expectorate upon any sidewalk or outer entrance to any store or other building abutting such sidewalk, or on the floor of any theater, store or other public buildings, or to throw or drop on or in any such place any banana peels, orange peels or other slippery substance.
Section 4. Profane, Vulgar and Obscene language:
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City of Newell to use any profane, vulgar or obscene language on any street or other public place, or in the presence of any female or child under the age of fourteen (14) years.
Section 5. Defacing Property:
No person shall mar, injure, deface or destroy any fence, sidewalk, guidepost, lamppost, sign board or awning, house or building, or any tree, flowers, bush or shrub on any street or public or private place in the city.
Obscene writing or pictures on any public building, including the Post Office and public schools, or upon sidewalks, fences or any other place exposed to public view, shall be deemed defacing property and a violation of this Chapter.
Section 6. Resisting an Officer:
It shall be unlawful for any person to resist a Police Officer of the City of Newell or in anyway aid or assist any person to resist or escape from any officer or from any lawful confinement in said city.
Section 7. Indecent Exposure:
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City of Newell to make an indecent exposure of his person.
Section 8. Insulting Females:
It shall be unlawful for any male person within the City of Newell to make any imprudent, insulting or licentious salutations or remark to or about any female person jupon any street or in any store or other public place.
Section 9. House of Ill Fame:
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep within the limits of the City of Newell or within one mile from the outer boundary thereof any house of ill fame or bawdy or disorderly house, and any person or persons found therein or aiding the violation of this Section or contributing thereto shall be held equally guilty with the keeper of the house.
Section 10. Gambling:
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons within the City of Newell to engage in playing at any game of cards, dice or any other gambling device, wheel or whatsoever kind or description, where money or any article of value is staked.
Section 11. Cruelty to Animals: (Repealed by: Ordinance 04-01)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City of Newell to cruelly or immoderately beat any dumb animal or wantonly or maliciously torture or injure it or unduly expose it to excessive heat or cold without protection. Any person observing a violation or this Section shall have the right to interfere; and in case of animals unduly exposed to extreme cold without protection any member of the Police force or any citizen shall take such animal to some suitable place for protection and care, and any expense in connection therewith shall be borne by the owner or person in charge of such animal, which charges shall be paid before delivery of the animal.
Section 12. False Fire Alarm:
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in the City of Newell to knowingly or willfully create a false alarm of fire in any manner.
Section 13. Ball playing on Streets:
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw or catch a baseball or to play at any other similar game upon any of the public streets within the City of Newell.
Section 14. Throwing Stones:
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw stones or any other similar substances, or snowballs, upon any of the streets, alleys or other places in the City of Newell in such a way as to endanger life or property.
Section 15. Inciting Dogs to Fight: (Repealed by: Ordinance 04-01)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in the City of Newell by words, signs or otherwise to set any dog or dogs or any other animal to fighting, or to permit same knowingly and willfully.
Section 16. Vagrants:
Any person in the city of Newell who may be found without visible occupation or mean of support, or who may be termed vagrants as defined by Section 4403 of South Dakota Revised Code 1919, shall be deemed vagrants within the meaning of this Section and shall be subject to fine as provided in this Chapter.
Section 17. Disturbances:
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in the City of Newell by any unnecessary noise or loud or disorderly conduct or obscene or profane language to disturb the peace of the city, or any unlawful assembly of persons.
Section 18. Defacing City Property:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to in any way injure, deface, tamper or meddle with malice any City property, particularly any part of the waterworks system, including pump house, water tower or tank or any other part of the system. These provisions shall also apply to all fire fighting apparatus, hydrants/housings therefore, and all street or alley or sidewalk machinery or tools.
2. (Ordinance 187) No trespassing at Golf Course Lake and Golf Course one (1) hour after sun down until sunrise. Upon conviction punishable by maximum Fine of one hundred ($100.00) Dollars or ten (10) days in jail.
3. (Ordinance 03-92) Unlawful to climb water tower with maximum Fine of one hundred ($100.00) Dollars and other penalties.
4. (Ordinance 82) Break, injure or remove any fences or gates within Airport area. Fine of one hundred ($100.00) dollars and not exceed thirty (30) days in jail.
5. (Ordinance 56, Chapter 14 Section 7) Cemetery Trespass, loose livestock, driving off streets and alleys. Fine not less than $5.00 or more than $100.00 stand convicted until Fines and Costs are paid.
Section 19. Driving on Sidewalks:
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or cross any sidewalk in the City of Newell except regular crosswalks at intersection of streets and at alleys and except regular places provided for driving from any street unto private property. The foregoing provisions shall also apply to horseback riding and bicycle riding.
Section 20. Barbed Wire:
It shall be unlawful to construct or permit construction of any barbed wire fencing within the City limits of Newell.
Section 21. Penalty:
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not less that $5.00 and not over $100.00 and costs, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid.