[CC 1979 §19-61; Ord. No. 882 §I, 10-3-1974; Ord. No. 1208 §1, 3-6-1984]
A. 
No person shall make or cause, permit or suffer any premises under his/her control or care to be used for any noise of any kind by means of any whistle, rattle, bell, gong, clapper, drum, horn, hand organ, mechanically operated piano, other musical instrument, wind instrument, mechanical device, radio, phonograph, sound-amplifying or other similar electronic device, so as to destroy the peace and tranquility of the surrounding neighborhood; provided however, this shall not apply to a parade or similar authorized school event or authorized musical production.
B. 
Animal And Bird Noises. The keeping of any animal or bird which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall disturb the peace and tranquility of the surrounding neighborhood is declared unlawful and is prohibited.
[CC 1979 §19-62; Ord. No. 882 §II, 10-3-1974]
A. 
None of the terms or prohibitions of Section 215.200 of this Article shall apply to:
1. 
Any police or fire vehicle or any ambulance, while engaged upon emergency business.
2. 
Excavations or repairs of bridges, streets or highways by or on the behalf of the City, County or the State, during the night, when the public safety, welfare and convenience renders it impossible to perform such work during the day.
[Ord. No. 326-2008 §3, 4-1-2008]
A. 
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if:
1. 
The person unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person or persons by:
a. 
Loud noise within three hundred (300) feet of a dwelling; or
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; or
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; or
d. 
Fighting in a manner that involves physical contact, either bodily or with weapons; or
e. 
Creating a noxious and offensive odor in a confined space.
2. 
The person is in a public place or on private property of another without consent of the owner or lawful tenant and purposely causes inconvenience to another person or persons by unreasonably and physically obstructing:
a. 
Vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or
b. 
The free ingress or egress to or from a public or private place.
[Code 1962 §21-62; CC 1979 §19-78; Ord. No. 973 §1, 10-4-1977]
No person shall operate out of doors any sound amplification device upon the streets, alleys or other places of public buildings within the City without first having obtained a permit to do so from the Chief of Police.
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, this City 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.
[CC 1979 §19-85; Ord. No. 90-20, 11-6-1990]
A. 
Any person who, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned commits the following acts shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
1. 
Congregates with others on a public street and refuses to move on when ordered by the Police.
2. 
Congregates with others on a public parking lot and refuses to move on when ordered by the Police.
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Cross Reference — Disturbing the peace, §215.220.