(1) Except as otherwise authorized for solicitation permits in accordance with the Safe Solicitation Act, Sections 17-31-1 through 17-31-11, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to willfully obstruct the free, convenient and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, highway, alley, road or other passageway by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding or restraining traffic or passage thereon, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by confinement in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.