[R.O. 2007 § 210.130; CC 1979 § 20-5; Ord. No. 1737 §§ 1 — 4, 3-28-1991; Ord. No. 2775 § 1(20-5), 11-13-1997; Ord. No. 6579 § 13, 7-28-2016[1]]
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;
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;
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;
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.
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Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.140; Ord. No. 2775 § 1(20-5.1), 11-13-1997; Ord. No. 6579 § 14, 7-28-2016[1]]
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.
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Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
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Editor’s Note: Former Section 210.145, Allowing Unruly Conduct, adopted and amended R.O. 2007 § 210.145, Ord. No. 3533 § 1, 9-27-2001, was repealed 7-28-2016 by Ord. No. 6579 § 15.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.150; Ord. No. 2775 § 1(20-5.2), 11-13-1997; Ord. No. 6579 § 16, 7-28-2016[1]]
A. 
For the purposes of Sections 210.130 and 210.140, the following words or phrases shall have the prescribed meanings herein:
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.
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Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 6382 § 1, 8-13-2015]
A. 
The Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Peters, Missouri, does hereby find, determine and declare that families have a legitimate and legally cognizable interest in organizing and attending funerals for deceased relatives, and that the rights of families to peacefully and privately mourn the death of relatives are violated when funerals are targeted for picketing or protest activities. The Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Peters, Missouri, also recognizes that individuals have a constitutional right to free speech, and that in the context of funeral ceremonies the competing interests of picketers and funeral participants must be balanced. Therefore, the Board of Aldermen does hereby find, determine and declare that the purpose of this Section is to protect the privacy of grieving families and to preserve the peaceful character of cemeteries, mortuaries, and places of worship, during a funeral at that place, while still providing picketers and protestors the opportunity to communicate their message at a time and place that minimizes the interference with the rights of families participating in a funeral.
B. 
For purposes of this Section the following definitions shall apply:
FUNERAL
The ceremonies and memorial services held in connection with the burial or cremation of a deceased individual, but does not include funeral processions on public streets or highways while the deceased individual is in transit and beyond the three-hundred-foot zone defined in the definition of "picketing of a funeral" below, nor does it include a wake (sometimes referred to as a visitation or vigil).
PICKETING OF A FUNERAL
Picketing or protest activities engaged in by a person or persons located within three hundred (300) feet of the premises of a cemetery, mortuary, place of worship or other location at which a funeral is conducted.
PROTEST ACTIVITIES
Any public display of sentiment or action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or cause the picketing of a funeral during the period from one (1) hour prior to the commencement of any funeral through one (1) hour following the cessation of any funeral.
D. 
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Section within the City of St. Peters shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Section 100.060 of the St. Peters City Code. Each day a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 210.155, Funeral Protests Prohibited, When — Funeral Defined, was repealed 10-14-2010 by Ord. No. 5485 § 1.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.160]
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.
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Cross Reference: As to parades, picketing, demonstrations, etc., generally, see Ch. 390 of this Code.