As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to
the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the person does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which at the time of the offense is open to the
public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
A.
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if he or she:
1.
Unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person
or persons by:
a.
Loud noise; 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; or
e.
Creating a noxious and offensive odor.
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.
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.
A.
Any
person who, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or to cause
violence to persons or property, commits any of the following acts
shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
1.
Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby any
person is placed in fear of safety of his/her life, limb or health.
2.
Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby property
of any person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged.
3.
Endangers lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, angry threats
and/or abusive conduct.
4.
Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct
so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another.
5.
Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of
causing, provoking or engaging in any fight or brawl.
6.
Jostles or roughly crowds or pushes any person in any public place.
7.
Frequents any public place with intent to obtain money from another
by an illegal and fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice or device.
8.
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.
9.
Addresses abusive or obscene language or gestures to any other person
when such words or gestures have a direct tendency to cause acts of
violence.
10.
Uses "fighting words" directed towards another who becomes outraged
and thus creates turmoil.
11.
Makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous and unreasonable
noise or disturbance to the annoyance of any other persons nearby,
or near any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park, square
or common, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the
traveling public annoyed.
12.
Any person, by acts of violence, interferes with another's pursuit
of a lawful occupation.
13.
Congregates with another or others in or on any public way so as
to obstruct the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses
to clear such public way when ordered by a Peace Officer or other
lawful authority.
14.
Congregates with others on a public street and refuses to move on
when ordered by the Police.
15.
By his/her actions causes a crowd to collect, except when lawfully
addressing such crowd.
16.
Stations himself/herself on the public streets or follows pedestrians
for the purpose of soliciting alms, or who solicits alms on the public
streets unlawfully.
17.
No person shall lay or cause to be laid or deposited upon any roadway
any object which may damage a motor vehicle, in any way impair the
driver's vision or startle the vehicle's operator.
18.
Stands on sidewalks or street corners and makes insulting remarks
to or about passing pedestrians and/or motorists or annoys such pedestrians.
A.
For purposes of this Section, "house of worship" means any church,
synagogue, mosque, other building or structure, or public or private
place used for religious worship, religious instruction, or other
religious purpose.
B.
A person commits the offense of disrupting a house of worship if
such person:
1.
Intentionally and unreasonably disturbs, interrupts, or disquiets
any house of worship by using profane discourse, rude or indecent
behavior, or making noise either within the house of worship or so
near it as to disturb the order and solemnity of the worship services;
or
2.
Intentionally injures, intimidates, or interferes with or attempts
to injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person lawfully exercising
the right of religious freedom in or outside of a house of worship
or seeking access to a house of worship, whether by force, threat,
or physical obstruction.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A.
A person commits the offense of unlawful funeral protest if he or
she pickets or engages in other protest activities within three hundred
(300) feet of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue
or other establishment during or within one (1) hour before or one
(1) hour after the conducting of any actual funeral or burial service
at that place.
B.
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
FUNERAL and BURIAL SERVICE
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms mean:
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or
disturb a funeral or burial service.
The ceremonies and memorial services held in conjunction with the burial or cremation of the dead, but this Section does not apply to processions while they are in transit beyond any three-hundred-foot zone that is established under Subsection (A) above.
C.
The offense of unlawful funeral protest shall be an ordinance violation.
