[Ord. No. 22-20, 10-18-2022]
A.
Any
person who, with intent to disturb the public peace, or undermine
public safety, 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.
Knowingly commits an act toward another whereby that other is placed
in danger of his life, limb or health;
2.
Knowingly commits an act toward another whereby the property of any
person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged;
3.
Causes or provokes any physical altercation;
4.
Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow
of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public
way when ordered to do so by the City Police or other lawful authority
known to be such;
5.
Is in a public place under the influence of an intoxicating liquor
or drug in such condition as to be unable to exercise care for his/her
own safety;
6.
Resists or obstructs the performance of duties by City Police or
any other authorized official of the City, when known to be such an
official;
7.
Threatens any member of the City Police Department, any other authorized
official of the City who is engaged in the lawful performance of his/her
duties or any other person when such words place them in danger of
life, limb, or health. Words merely causing displeasure, annoyance
or resentment are not prohibited;
8.
Knowingly damages, befouls or disturbs public property or the property
of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive
condition;
9.
Knowingly makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous and unreasonable
noise or disturbance to the annoyance of any other persons nearby
or near to any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park, square
or common, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed, and has
ignored a lawful order to abate the noise disturbance;
10.
Fails to obey a lawful order to disperse by a Police Officer, when
known to be such an official;
11.
No person shall knowingly place, or cause to be placed, any object
upon any roadway which may damage a motor vehicle or pedestrian, or
in any way impair the driver's vision or startle the vehicle's operator.
B.
Exemptions.
This Section shall not be construed to suppress the right to lawful
assembly, picketing, public speaking or other lawful means of expressing
public opinion not in contravention of other laws.
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
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; 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.
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
A.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
PUBLIC PLACE
For the purposes of Sections 210.660 and 210.670, 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.
B.
If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied units,
such units are separate premises.
[Ord. No. 817, 12-19-2006; Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
All on-site rock scraping of hauled in or loose rocks will be
prohibited due to noise concerns effective immediately in all existing
residential areas within City limits.
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
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.
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
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]
Editor's Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can
be a felony under state law.
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
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.
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
A.
PUBLIC PLACE
Definition. The following term shall be defined as follows:
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.
[Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can
be a felony under state law.
