[CC 1990 § 21-71; Ord. No. 648 §§ 1 — 2, 2-3-1992; Ord. No. 746 §§ 1 — 2, 12-21-1992; Ord. No. 1048 § 1, 7-17-1995]
A. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
EVENTS
a. 
Includes parties or gatherings of people who have assembled or are assembling for a specific occasion or for a social activity.
b. 
Person responsible for the event is the person in charge of the premises and/or the person who organized the event. If the person in charge of the event or who organized the event is a minor, then the parents or guardians of the minor will be jointly and severally liable for the acts of the minor and considered "persons responsible."
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time is not open to the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
Any property in which the actor does not have a possessory interest.
PUBLIC PLACE
a. 
Any place that 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.
B. 
Peace Disturbance.
1. 
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if:
a. 
He/she unreasonably and knowingly causes alarm to another person or persons not necessarily physically on the same premises by:
(1) 
Personally abusive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances such that the words have a direct tendency to cause an immediate fearful or violent response by a reasonable recipient;
(2) 
Tending to incite a fight; or
(3) 
Fighting.
b. 
He/she is in a public place or on private property of another with or without consent and unreasonably and knowingly causes alarm to another person or persons by:
(1) 
Personally abusive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances such that the words have a direct tendency to cause an immediate fearful or violent response by a reasonable recipient;
(2) 
Tending to incite a fight;
(3) 
Fighting; or
(4) 
Loud noise.
c. 
He/she is a "person responsible" for an "event(s)" and:
(1) 
Sound caused by those present at such event(s) is audible beyond the property lines of their residence during such event(s); or
(2) 
The behavior of those present at such event(s) is such that a reasonable person would be alarmed or fearful for the safety of either person(s) or property.
2. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit an act of peace disturbance.
[CC 1990 § 21-73; Ord. No. 72 § 1, 6-1-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a radio, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other device at any time with volume louder than necessary for convenient hearing of persons in the room, vehicle, chamber or outside of any enclosed structure where used. Audibility at a distance of more than one hundred (100) feet from such device between 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. is prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section.
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Cross Reference: As to unnecessary use of motor vehicle horn, § 370.170.
[CC 1990 § 21-74; Ord. No. 72 § 2, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 3221, 1-17-2023]
A permit from the Chief of Police must be obtained for an outdoor event where the volume must exceed that established in Section 210.670. The Chief shall issue the permit if the peace would not be unduly disturbed thereby. No applicant shall be granted, or if already granted, renewed, a license if the premises to be licensed is in violation of Chapter 215 or Chapter 405 of the City of Chesterfield Municipal Code.
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Cross Reference: As to licenses and business regulations, Ch. 605.
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/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:
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 300-foot zone that is established under Subsection (A) above.
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service.
C. 
The offense of unlawful funeral protest shall be an ordinance violation.