As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
Any property in which the person does not have a possessory interest.
PUBLIC PLACE
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.
2. 
Is in a public place or on private property of another without consent 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.
A. 
A person commits the offense of private peace disturbance if he/she is on private property and unreasonably and purposely causes alarm to another person or persons on the same premises by:
1. 
Threatening to commit an offense against any person; or
2. 
Fighting.
B. 
For purposes of this Section, if a building or structure is divided into separately occupied units, such units are separate premises.
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. 
Definition. The following term shall be defined as follows:
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right of resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so as to:
1. 
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians;
2. 
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress, therein, thereon and thereto;
3. 
Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge of the building or premises.
C. 
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions in this Section, a Police Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this Section.
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. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service.
FUNERAL and 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.
[R.O. 2008 §§270.010 — 270.040; Ord. No. 433 §§1 — 4, 11-8-1993]
A. 
Noises Prohibited Generally. No person shall make or cause, permit or allow to be made any unreasonably loud or unusually loud noise within the City of Ironton, Missouri.
B. 
Specific Noises Prohibited. The following acts, among others, are specifically declared to be unreasonably loud or unusually loud noises in violation of this Chapter, but the following enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
1. 
Playing Radios, Stereos, Band Boxes, Etc. The playing of any radio, phonograph or musical instrument in such a manner or with such volume, particularly during (but not limited to) the hours between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M., as to tend to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any persons in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence; provided, that any such noise, which can be distinctly heard at a distance of more than one hundred (100) feet from its source, shall be deemed unreasonably loud or unusually loud.
2. 
Vehicle Horns, Etc. The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle while not in motion on a public street or highway, except as a danger signal if another vehicle is approaching apparently out of control; or, if in motion, the excessive or prolonged sounding of a horn or signal device except only as a danger signal after or as brakes are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle is intended; the creation by means of any such signal device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound, and the sounding of such device for an unnecessary or unreasonable period of time.
3. 
Animals, Fowl, Etc. The keeping of any animal, bird or fowl which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall tend to disturb the comfort and repose of any person in the vicinity, particularly during (but not limited to) the hours between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.; provided that any such noise that can be distinctly heard at a distance of more than one hundred (100) feet from its source shall be deemed unreasonably loud or unusually loud.
4. 
Vehicular Noise Generally. The use of any automobile, motorcycle, street car or other motor vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or in such manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
5. 
Drums, Loud Speakers, Calling, Etc. The use of any drum, loud speaker or other instrument or device, unless a permit be obtained therefor from the Police Chief or his/her designee, which permit shall specify the place where such devices should be used and the hours thereof; or the unnecessary calling with the voice for the purpose of attracting attention by the creation of noise or for advertising purposes between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.
C. 
Exceptions. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit the following acts:
1. 
Parades. The playing or sounding of musical instruments or other devices by any person participating in a parade for which a permit, whether written or verbal, has been issued by appropriate City Officials pursuant to City ordinances.
2. 
Emergency Vehicles. The sounding of a horn, siren or loud speaker while operating a Public Safety Department vehicle, ambulance or other emergency vehicles in connection with the performance of official governmental functions to keep and preserve the peace and to protect public health, safety and welfare.
3. 
Alarms. The sounding of fire, burglar or other alarms or warning devices which are designated to alert or warn persons of fire, tornados or other dangers or hazards, including burglary and theft.
D. 
Ordinance Violation. Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 667, 8-19-2020]
A. 
A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if he/she willfully commits any of the following acts:
1. 
Engages in fighting which causes or is likely to cause immediate pain, illness or any impairment of physical condition to any person;
2. 
Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic or the free ingress or egress to or from a public place and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by the City Police or other lawful authority;
3. 
By an act other than speech, resists, interferes with or obstructs a Police Officer or other authorized official of the City in the discharge of his/her official duties;
4. 
Obstructs or attempts to obstruct, by threat or intimidation, or disobeys any Police Officer in the discharge of his/her duties. This Section, includes, but is not limited to, the following behavior: crossing, circumventing or moving police-line tape, crime-scene tape, warning signs, police ropes or police-barricade devices; disobeying area control devices used by the Police Department for the purpose of crime-scene investigations, disaster-scene investigations and accident-scene investigations; and disobeying police traffic signals, both hand and electronic, or any other device used by the police for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding vehicles or pedestrians, unless allowed or directed to do so by an authorized official;
5. 
Enters, without permission from a Police Officer, the Fire Chief or other person specifically authorized by the Fire Chief to grant permission hereunder, an area within three hundred (300) feet of a fire or other emergency to which the Fire Department has been called or has responded, or crosses, without such permission, any other perimeter established by authorized City personnel or officials at such fire or other emergency;
6. 
Addresses abusive or obscene language or gestures or threats to any member of the Police Department or any other authorized official of the City engaged in the performance of his/her duties or to any other person when such language, gestures or threats are uttered or made in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual under such circumstances as to have a direct tendency to cause an immediate violent response by a reasonable recipient;
7. 
Makes or causes to be made any loud and unreasonable noise near to any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park, square or common, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed;
8. 
With intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm or recklessly creating a risk thereof, congregates with other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order of a Police Officer to disperse; or
9. 
Urinates or defecates either in a public place or within sight of a public place, except in a restroom, bathroom or other facility designed to retain or dispose of human wastes.