[Adopted as Ch. 7, Art. 2 of the 1972 City Code]
Assault consists of either:
A. An attempt to commit a battery upon the person of another;
B. Any unlawful act, threat or menacing conduct which causes another
person to reasonably believe that he is in danger of receiving an
immediate battery; or
C. The use of insulting language towards another impugning his honor,
delicacy or reputation.
[Amended 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61]
Battery is the unlawful, intentional touching or application
of force to the person of another when done in a rude, insolent or
angry manner.
[Added 5-19-1994 by Ord. No. 82-31]
A. Harassment consists of knowingly pursuing a pattern of conduct that
is intended to annoy, seriously alarm or terrorize another person
and which serves no lawful purpose. The conduct must be such that
it would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional
distress.
B. Whoever is convicted of harassment shall be punished pursuant to Chapter
20, Court, Municipal, Article
IV, Costs.
[Added 5-19-1994 by Ord. No. 82-31]
A. Stalking consists of knowingly pursuing a pattern of conduct that
poses a credible threat to another person and that is intended to
place that person in reasonable apprehension of death, bodily harm,
sexual assault, confinement or restraint; provided that, in furtherance
of the threat, the stalker must commit one or more of the following
acts on more than one occasion:
(1) Following a person, other than in the residence of the stalker;
(2) Placing a person under surveillance by remaining present outside
that person's school, residence, workplace or vehicle or any other
place frequented by the person other than in the residence of the
stalker; or
B. As used in this section, "credible threat" means a threat, verbal
or nonverbal, made with the intent and the apparent ability to carry
out the threat, that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his
safety or the safety of a household member, including a spouse, former
spouse, family member, present or former household member or co-parent
of a child.
C. Whoever is convicted of stalking shall be punished pursuant to Chapter
20, Court, Municipal, Article
IV, Costs. Upon a second conviction, the offender shall be sentenced to a jail term of at least 72 consecutive hours that shall not be suspended, deferred or taken under advisement.
D. The provision of the harassment and stalking sections do not apply
to:
(1) Picketing or public demonstration that are otherwise lawful or that
arise out of a bona fide labor dispute; or
(2) A law enforcement officer in the performance of his duties.
Criminal trespass consists of unlawfully entering or remaining
upon the lands or property of another knowing that any consent to
enter or remain has been denied or withdrawn by the person or persons
lawfully in possession of the premises or after the request or demand
to leave the premises by the authorized representative of the person
or persons lawfully in possession of the premises.
[Amended 11-5-2003 by Ord. No. 03-15]
Unreasonable noise consists of creating any unreasonably loud,
disturbing or unnecessary noise of such character, intensity or duration
as to be detrimental to the repose, life or health of others, including,
but not limited to, the following specific noises which, if created,
are in violation of this section:
A. The sounding of any horn or signaling device of any automobile, motorcycle,
truck or other vehicle on any street or public place, except as a
danger warning, which creates an unreasonable, loud or harsh sound
or which occurs for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time.
This is not to include noise caused by accident or mechanical, electrical
or other difficulty or failure.
B. The playing of any radio, television, phonograph, musical instrument
or other sound-producing machine in such a manner or with such an
unreasonable volume as to disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of
any person in any dwelling, motel, hotel, hospital or sanatorium.
C. The use of any automobile, truck, bus or motorcycle which is out
of repair to the extent as to create loud and unnecessary grating,
grinding, rattling or other noise.
D. The use of any loudspeaker, drum, whistle, bell or other instrument
or device for the purpose of attracting attention by the creation
of sound to any performance, show, sale, display or merchandise or
political candidate, party platform without first obtaining a written
permit from the Mayor or his designated representative. The Mayor
or his designed representative shall issue such permit, subject only
to such reasonable standards of noise volume and hours of operation
as he or his representative may adopt.
E. The creating of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any
hospital, school, institution of learning, church, or court which
interferes with the workings of such institution or which disrupts
or annoys occupants of said buildings.
F. The sounding of any device or piece of equipment, including but not
limited to a "retarder," which is defined as any exhaust and/or engine
device used as braking power, to slow down a motor vehicle's rate
of speed.
[Amended 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61; 5-19-1994 by Ord. No. 82-31]
Disorderly conduct consists of either:
A. Engaging in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably
loud or otherwise disorderly conduct which tends to disturb the peace;
B. Maliciously disturbing, threatening or, in an insolent manner, intentionally
touching any house occupied by any person;
C. Using in any public place fighting words, which by their very utterance
are likely to provoke a violent reaction in an average person to whom
such words are addressed;
D. Making a course of obviously offensive utterances, gestures, or display
in a public place;
E. Following a person in or about a public place with intent to harass
or annoy;
F. Engaging in conduct or repeatedly committing acts that alarm or seriously
annoy another person and that serve no legitimate purpose; or
G. Urinating or defecating in public view on any public place or on
private property without the consent of the person lawfully in possession
of the property.
[Amended 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61]
Unlawful assembly consists of three or more persons assembling
together with intent to do any unlawful act with force or violence
against the person or property of another, and who shall make any
overt act to carry out such unlawful purpose.
Obstructing movement consists of either:
A. Hindering, annoying, or molesting persons passing along any street,
sidewalk, crosswalk or other public way; or
B. Loitering, sitting or standing around at the entrance of any church,
public hall, theater, public building or other place for public assemblage
in any manner so as to obstruct such entrance.
[Amended 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61; 5-19-1994 by Ord. No. 82-31]
A. Unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon consists of carrying a concealed
loaded firearm or any other type of deadly weapon anywhere, except
in the following cases:
(1) In the person's residence or on real property belonging to him as
owner, lessee, tenant or licensee;
(2) In a private automobile or other private means of conveyance, for
lawful protection of the person's or another's person or property;
or except when the driver or occupants are under the influence of
an intoxicant or narcotic; or
(3) By a peace officer in the lawful discharge of his duties.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the carrying
of any unloaded firearm.
C. "Carrying a deadly weapon" means being armed with a deadly weapon
by having it on the person, or in close proximity thereto, so that
the weapon is readily accessible for use.
A. Negligent use of a deadly weapon consists of:
(1) Discharging a firearm into any building or vehicle or so as to knowingly
endanger a person or his property;
[Added 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61]
(2) Carrying a firearm while under the influence of an intoxicant or
narcotic;
[Added 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61]
(3) Endangering the safety of another by handling or using a firearm
or other deadly weapon in a negligent manner;
(4) Discharging a firearm within the City limits without legal justification.
B. The provisions of Subsection
A(1),
(3) and
(4) of this section shall not apply to a peace officer or other public employee, who is required or authorized by law to carry or use a firearm in the course of his employment and who carries, handles, uses, or discharges a firearm while lawfully engaged in carrying out the duties of his office or employment.
[Added 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61]
A. Unlawful possession or transfer of certain weapons consists of possessing,
selling, lending, giving away or purchasing any form of metallic knuckles,
any form of bludgeon, or any knife which has a blade which opens automatically
by hand pressure to a button, spring or other device in the handle
of the knife or which opens or falls or is ejected into position by
the force of gravity or by an outward, downward or centrifugal thrust
or movement.
B. Unlawful sale of a deadly weapon consists of giving, selling, trading,
bartering, or exchanging for anything of value any deadly weapon or
ammunition for any firearm to any person under the age of 18 years;
provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to prevent any parent or legal guardian from purchasing such a weapon
or ammunition for his child or ward.
Propulsion of missiles consists of shooting, slinging or throwing
snowballs, stones, rocks, pellets, BB shot or any kind of missile,
object or substance whatsoever in any manner as to be reasonably likely
to cause injury to any person or property. This provision shall not
be construed to prohibit target firing when conducted so as to secure
safety of the inhabitants of the City. Target firing may be permitted
when conducted on ranges meeting the specifications of the National
Rifle Association or its equivalent upon submitting proof that such
range meets such specifications and upon obtaining a permit from the
Mayor or his designated representative based on such proof.
A. Possession of fireworks consists of either selling, offering to sell,
owning, possessing, manufacturing, transporting, or discharging any
firecracker, roman candle, skyrocket, torpedo, bomb, or any type or
form of explosive commonly known as "fireworks," unless such item
has been declared by the Fire Chief as a safe and sane device and
as not dangerous to persons or property.
B. Nothing herein contained shall be held to prevent such activities
as may be authorized by compliance with the provisions of Commission
Ordinance No. 137-1971, adopting the Fire Code.
C. The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy
guns, or other devices in which paper caps containing 0.25 grains
or less of explosive compound are used, provided they are so constructed
that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for
use, and toy pistol paper caps which contain less than 0.20 grains
of explosive mixture, the sale and use of which shall be permitted
at all times.
D. Safe and sane devices as approved by the Fire Chief shall be those
devices listed as approved for sale by the Fire Chief. Any device
which propels any portion, part or projectile more than 10 feet in
the air or has a report louder than the paper caps described above
are not considered safe and sane.
E. Nothing herein contained shall be held to apply to or prohibit any
employee of the State Game and Fish Department or the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service from possessing fireworks for control of
game birds and animals or to prohibit the City or any civic organization
therein from sponsoring and conducting, in connection with any public
celebration, an officially supervised and controlled fireworks display.
Removal of barricades consists of knowingly or willfully removing,
destroying or interfering with any barrier, guard or light placed
before or at any dangerous place in or near the street, sidewalks
or ways of the City for the purpose of warning or protecting travelers
from injury or damage; provided the removal after the danger has ceased
and temporary removal to allow the passage of a vehicle with immediate
subsequent replacement shall not be considered unlawful.
It is unlawful for any person, except students, officers or
employees of the school or persons with lawful business on the premises,
to knowingly enter or remain in the building, yard, or parking lot
of a public, private school, preschool, primary or secondary school
or college during regular school hours if:
A. The person is in violation of posted school regulations;
B. The person intends, as evidenced by some overt act, to disrupt or
interfere with the activities of the students, officers or employees
on the premises;
C. The person has been denied permission to enter or remain on the premises by the school administrator or his designated representative. It shall be grounds for denial of permission if the person commits the acts enumerated in Subsections
A and
B above, is on the premises without a justifiable school purpose, or has disrupted or interfered with activities of students, officers or employees at any school in the City in the past.
It is unlawful for any person to intentionally make or file
with any law enforcement agency or employee of said agency, who is
acting in his official capacity, any false, misleading, or unfounded
report or statement knowing at the time it is made that said statement
or report is false, unfounded or misleading.
[Amended 5-19-1994 by Ord. No. 82-31]
It is unlawful for anyone to conceal one's true name or identity
or to disguise oneself or to exhibit any fictitious or false registration
card, identification card, note, or other instrument for the purpose
of deceiving or misleading with the intent to obstruct due execution
of the law or with the intent to intimidate, hinder or interrupt any
public officer, police officer, or any other person in the legal performance
of his or her duties.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly give a false
alarm of need for rescue squad or ambulance assistance.
A. Impersonating a uniformed employee of the City of Las Vegas consists
of any person pretending or falsely representing himself to be that
employee or official of the City of Las Vegas with intent to deceive
another.
B. Unauthorized wearing of uniform or badge consists of the wearing,
or requiring the wearing, without authorization by the Chief of Police
of the Las Vegas Police Department of a uniform or badge whose material,
color or design or any combination of them is such that the wearer
appears to be a member of the Las Vegas Police Department.
[Amended 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61]
Resisting, evading or obstructing an officer consists of:
A. Knowingly obstructing, resisting or opposing any officer of this
state or any other duly authorized person serving or attempting to
serve or execute any process or any rule or order of any of the courts
of this state or any other judicial writ or process;
B. Intentionally fleeing, attempting to evade or evading an officer
of this state when the person committing the act of fleeing, attempting
to evade or evasion has knowledge that the officer is attempting to
apprehend or arrest him;
C. Willfully refusing to bring a vehicle to a stop when given a visual
or audible signal to stop, whether by hand, voice, emergency light,
flashing light, siren or other signal, by a uniformed officer in an
appropriately marked police vehicle; or
D. Resisting or abusing any judge, magistrate or peace officer in the
lawful discharge of his duties.
Unauthorized use of vehicle signs consists of displaying on
any vehicle, whether moving or parked, the words "police," "police
department," "Las Vegas Police Department," "Department of Police,"
"LVPD," "Fire Department," "Las Vegas Fire Department" or words or
insignia of similar import without authority of the Mayor or his designated
representative; provided that nothing herein shall apply to any state
police, county sheriff, or county fire department vehicles.
[Amended 5-19-1994 by Ord. No. 82-31]
A public nuisance consists of knowingly creating, performing
or maintaining anything affecting any number of citizens without lawful
authority which is either:
A. Injurious to public health, safety, morals or welfare; or
B. Interferes with the exercise and enjoyment of public rights, including
the right to use public property.
Escape from jail consists of any person who shall have been
lawfully committed to any jail escaping or attempting to escape from
such jail or from a work detail to which such person is assigned.
A. Escape from the custody of a police officer, corrections officer,
bailiff, or probation officer consists of any person who shall have
been placed under lawful arrest or who shall have been remanded to
the custody of any police officer, corrections officer, bailiff, probation
officer, or the Department of Corrections-Detention pursuant to court
order, escaping or attempting to escape from the lawful custody or
control of a police officer, corrections officer, bailiff, probation
officer, or the Department of Corrections-Detention.
B. Escape from the custody of a hospital consists of any person who
shall have been placed under lawful arrest or who shall have been
remanded to the custody of any police officer, corrections officer,
bailiff, probation officer, or the Department of Corrections-Detention
pursuant to court order, escaping or attempting to escape from the
lawful custody or control of a hospital to which the person has been
assigned.
Assisting escape consists of either:
A. Intentionally aiding any person confined or held in lawful custody
or confinement to escape; or
B. Any officer, jailer or other employee intentionally permitting any
prisoner in his custody to escape.
[Amended 12-15-1988 by Ord. No. 77-23]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate,
threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to telephone another and use any
obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd, criminal or
lascivious act, or threaten to inflict injury or physical harm to
the person or property of any person. It shall also be unlawful for
any person to attempt by telephone to extort money or other things
of value from any other person, or to otherwise disturb by repeated
anonymous telephone calls the peace, quiet or right of privacy of
any other person at the place where the telephone call or calls were
received, or to maliciously make a telephone call, whether or not
conversation ensues, with intent to annoy or disturb another, or to
disrupt the telecommunications of another.
B. The use of obscene, lewd or profane language or the making of a threat or statement as set forth in Subsection
A shall be prima facie evidence of intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend.
C. Any offense committed by use of a telephone as set forth in this
section shall be deemed to have been committed at either the place
where the telephone call or calls originated or at the place where
the telephone call or calls were received.
[Added 5-21-1987 by Ord. No. 75-61]
Public affray consists of two or more persons voluntarily or
by agreement engaging in any fight or using any blows or violence
toward each other in any angry or quarrelsome manner in any public
place, to the disturbance of others.