[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016[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; 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.
3.
Willfully interrupts, disrupts or disturbs any lawful meeting
or assembly.
4.
While on private property, unreasonably and purposely causes
alarm to another person or persons on the same premises by threatening
to commit an offense against any person or by fighting. For purposes
of this Subsection, if a building or structure is divided into separately
occupied units, such units are separate premises.
B.
For purposes of this Section, an offense committed by means of writing,
telephonic communication or electronic communication shall be deemed
to have occurred at the place from which the communication was made
or sent and at the place where the communication was first heard or
read by the recipient.
[1]
State Law Reference: See Sections 574.010, 574.020 and 577.709,
RSMo.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016]
A.
No person shall knowingly picket or engage in other protest activities,
nor shall any association or corporation knowingly cause picketing
or other protest activities to occur, within three hundred (300) feet
of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue, or other
establishment or location during or within one (1) hour before or
one (1) hour after any actual funeral or burial service at that place.
B.
As used in this Section, "other protest activities" means any action
that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or
burial service.
C.
As used in this Section, "funeral" and "burial" services mean 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.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016[1]]
A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he or 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.
[1]
State Law Reference: See Section 574.040, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016]
It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, maintains, leases
or is otherwise in possession or control of any real property to permit
or allow persons thereon to conduct themselves in a loud or unruly
manner so as to cause hurt, injury, annoyance, inconvenience or danger
to the public or any member thereof, and it shall be the duty of any
such person in possession or control to take such steps as are available
to disperse such loud or unruly persons.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016[1]]
A person commits the offense of rioting if he or 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]
State Law Reference: See Section 574.050, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016[1]]
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 or 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.
[1]
State Law Reference: See Section 574.060, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016; Ord.
No. 5414, 6-17-2019]
A.
No person shall cause, nor shall any person in possession of property
allow to originate from that property, sound that is a public disturbance
noise. The following sounds are hereby determined to be public disturbance
noises:
1.
Frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds made by any animal
which unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort
and repose of property owners or possessors except that such sounds
made in animal shelters or commercial kennels, veterinary hospitals,
pet shops or pet kennels licensed under and in compliance with the
provisions of the Code of Ordinances shall be exempt from this Subsection;
provided, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
if the owner or other person having custody of the animal cannot,
with reasonable inquiry, be located by the investigating officer or
if the animal is a repeated violator of this Subsection, the animal
may be impounded;
2.
The frequent, repetitive or continuous sounding of any horn
or siren attached to a motor vehicle, except as a warning of danger
or as specifically permitted or required by law;
3.
The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds in
connection with the starting, operation, repair, rebuilding or resting
of any motor vehicle, motorcycle, off-highway vehicle or internal
combustion engine, within a residential district, so as to unreasonably
disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of owners
or possessors of real property;
4.
The use of a sound amplifier or other device capable of producing
or reproducing amplified sound upon public streets for the purpose
of commercial advertising or sales or for attracting the attention
of the public to any vehicle, structure or property or the contents
therein, except as permitted by law.
5.
The making of any loud or raucous sound within one thousand
(1,000) feet of any school, hospital, sanitarium, nursing or convalescent
facility;
6.
The creation by use of a musical instrument, whistle, sound
amplifier or other device capable of producing or reproducing sound,
of loud or raucous sounds which emanate frequently, repetitively or
continuously from any building, structure or property located within
the City, such as sounds originating from a band session or social
gathering and without limiting the foregoing, any loud or raucous
sounds from social gatherings between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and
9:00 a.m.;
7.
The erection (including excavating), demolition, alteration
or repair of any building or structure other than between the hours
of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
on Saturdays, except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of
public safety and then only with a permit from the Director of Community
Development and Public Works for a period not to exceed three (3)
days which, however, may be renewed for like or less periods while
the emergency continues;
8.
No excavation for or erection, demolition, alteration or repair of
any building or structure shall be performed on properties other than
single-family and two-family homes on Sundays. Such work may be performed
by the owner or occupant of single-family and two-family homes on
Sundays between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
9.
The operation of any gas-powered lawn mower, lawn care equipment,
chain saw, wood chipper, stump grinder, leaf blower, or similar type
of powered device before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on weekdays
and before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on weekends, except that the
use of electricity generators during extended power outages and equipment
used in the removal of snow or care and maintenance of the City Golf
Course shall not be subject to such restrictions.
B.
No sound source specifically exempted from a maximum permissible
sound level by this Section shall be a public disturbance noise, insofar
as the particular source is exempted.
C.
The following sounds are exempt from the provisions of this Section
at all times:
1.
Sounds originating from aircraft in flight;
2.
Sounds created by safety and protective devices, such as relief
valves, where noise suppression would defeat the safety release intent
of the device;
3.
Sounds created by fire alarms; and
4.
Sounds created by emergency equipment and emergency work necessary
in the interest of law enforcement or of the health, safety or welfare
of the community, including but not limited to snow removal and other
equipment involved in clearing streets, parking lots and driveways.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016[1]]
A person commits the offense of drunkenness or drinking in a
prohibited place if he or she enters any schoolhouse, government building
or church house in which there is an assemblage of people, met for
a lawful purpose, in an intoxicated and disorderly condition, and
disrupts such assembly.
[1]
State Law Reference: See Section 574.075, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016[1]]
A person commits the offense of obstructing government operations
if he or she purposely obstructs, impairs, hinders or perverts the
performance of a governmental function by the use or threat of violence,
force, or other physical interference or obstacle.
[1]
State Law Reference: See Section 576.030, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 5349 § 1, 12-19-2016]
It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to obey any
reasonable order or direction of a Police Officer.
[Ord. No. 5437, 1-21-2020]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in a public
place, except in the proper receptacles of public or private comfort
stations, restrooms, toilets or similar facilities provided for such
acts.
B.
The term "public place" means any location, whether public or private,
where conduct may be readily seen from public property, or from the
property of others, or from any portion of property open to the public.
C.
Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall, on conviction
thereof, be subject to the penalties provided for violation of City
ordinances.
