A.
A person
commits the offense of peace disturbance if:
1.
He/she unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person
or persons by:
a.
Loud noise;
b.
Offensive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific
individual and uttered under circumstances which are likely to produce
an immediate violent response from a reasonable recipient;
c.
Threatening to commit a felonious act against any person under circumstances
which are likely to cause a reasonable person to fear that such threat
may be carried out;
d.
Fighting; or
e.
Creating a noxious and offensive odor.
[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
For the purposes of Sections 215.200 and 215.210, the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
Any place which, at the time, is not open to the public.
It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the actor does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which, at the time, is open to the public. It includes
property which is owned publicly or privately.
[R.O. 2009 §215.470; Ord. No. 2099 §§1—2, 12-6-2004]
A.
Any
person who commits any of the following acts shall be deemed to have
committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
1.
Interferes with lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, angry
threats and abusive conduct;
2.
Frequents any public place with intent to obtain money from another
by an illegal and fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice or device;
3.
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 to aid or abet therein;
4.
Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of
doing bodily harm to another;
5.
Congregates with another or others in or on any public way so as
to halt or disturb the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and
refuses to clear such public way when ordered by a Peace Officer or
other lawful authority;
6.
Causes a disturbance in any bus or other public conveyance by running
through it, climbing through windows or upon the seats, or otherwise
annoying passengers or employees therein;
7.
Refuses to disperse after being instructed by law enforcement from
the scene of a public peace disturbance;
8.
Assembles or congregates with others in such a way as to leave less
than three (3) feet of a public sidewalk unobstructed for public travel.
A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he/she
knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees
with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State
or of the United States with force or violence.
A person commits the offense of rioting if he/she knowingly
assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such
persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State or of the
United States with force or violence and thereafter, while still so
assembled, does violate any of said laws with force or violence.
[1]
Note—Under certain circumstances this offense can be
a felony under state law.
A person commits the offense of refusal to disperse if, being
present at the scene of an unlawful assembly or at the scene of a
riot, he/she knowingly fails or refuses to obey the lawful command
of a Law Enforcement Officer to depart from the scene of such unlawful
assembly or riot.
[R.O. 2009 §215.050; CC 1976 §18-7; R.O. 1954 §480]
If two (2) or more persons shall in any public place, in this
City, voluntarily or by agreement, engage in any fight or use of any
violence toward each other, in an angry or quarrelsome manner, or
do each other any willful mischief, or if any person shall assault
another and strike him, in any public place, to the terror or disturbance
of others, or if any person shall assault, strike or beat, or wound
another, under such circumstances and in such manner as not to constitute
any felony under the laws of the State of Missouri, the person or
persons so offending shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.
