A Labour-run council has approved a plan to fine locals up to £100 for swearing, drinking and 'misusing' public spaces.
The crackdown on antisocial behaviour will be enforced in four seaside hotspots in Kent.
Thanet District Council announced the bid to enforce the new public space protection order (PSPO) earlier this month in Birchington, Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs.
The newly approved order will make it an offence to refuse to stop using certain language if requested to do so by an officer.
Under the order, the language restricted is described as 'foul or abusive language [used] in a manner likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress to a person within hearing or sight, judged by the standards of a "reasonable person".'
