40-79 ORDINANCE NO. 40-79
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, "OFFENSES", BY AMENDING SECTION
17-11 BY DELETING THE WORDS "OR BY BEING DRUNK" AS AN OFFENSE
UNDER THIS SECTION; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 17-11 "Abusive, obscene, profane and
threatening language - Concealed weapons on person; discharging weapons in
public; indecent exposure" is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17-11. Abusive, obscene, profane and threatening
language - Concealed weapons on person;
discharging weapons in public; indecent
exposure o
No person shall endanger or disturb the public peace, or
violate public decency by using any abusive, obscene or
profane language, or making any threats of violence to
or against any other person or persons, or by using
profane, obscene and indecent language, e~-~y-be~§-~~
or by being noisy and disorderly in or upon any street,
square or other public place within the City limits, or
by engaging in any noisy or riotous conduct to the dis-
turbance of the public tranquility, or by carrying any
arms, such as pistols, knives (except pocket knives) or
any other deadly weapon concealed about his person, or
by making any indecent exposure of his or her person
in any street, square or public place, or by discharging
any gun or pistol or other fire arms, or by keeping a
disorderly house, or engaging in or committing any mali-
cious mischief.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordinance
or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a
Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof
other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten (10)
days after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this 1]~h day of .Tun~ , 1979.
ATTEST: M A Y O R
First Reading May 29, 1979
Second Reading June 11~ 1979