[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
as Chapter 658, Secs. 658.01 through 658.06, of the 1995 Codified
Ordinances of Monroe. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
General penalty — See § 1-27.
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 173.
Animals — See Ch. 188.
Bicycles, skateboards and skates — See Ch. 199.
Curfew — See Ch. 283.
Drugs: paraphernalia, nuisance properties and loitering — See Ch. 296.
False reporting of violations and false identification — See Ch. 333.
Snowmobiles — See Ch. 597.
Noise — See Ch. 451.
Nuisances — See Ch. 458.
Obscene materials — See Ch. 467.
Property damage — See Ch. 519.
Safety, sanitation and health — See Ch. 557.
Tobacco products — See Ch. 659.
Trespassing — See Ch. 673.
Weapons — See Ch. 707.
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Disorderly conduct generally — See
MCLA § 750.167 et seq.
Disturbing meetings — See MCLA
§§ 750.169, 750.170.
Gambling — See MCLA § 750.301
et seq.
Prostitution — See MCLA § 750.448
et seq.
[Added 6-2-2008 by Ord. No. 08-006;
amended 4-5-2010 by Ord. No. 10-001]
A.
Disturbance defined. As used in this section, the term "disturbance"
means something less than threats of violence. A disturbance is an
interruption of peace and quiet; a violation of public order and decorum;
or an interference with or hindrance of a person in pursuit of his
or her lawful right or occupation.
B.
Conduct prohibited. The following acts are deemed to be disorderly
conduct and are hereby prohibited:
(1)
Engaging in an illegal occupation or business.
(2)
Begging in a public place or on private property accessible to the
public.
(3)
Loitering in a house of prostitution or a place where prostitution
or lewdness is practiced, encouraged, permitted or allowed.
(4)
Knowingly loitering in, around or about any place or area where illegal
gambling or any illegal occupation or business is being conducted.
(5)
Jostling or roughly crowding another person unnecessarily in a public
place.
(6)
Obstructing, molesting or interfering with any person who is lawfully
in any place, public or private, or engaged in a lawful pursuit.
(7)
Violating any of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Parks
and Recreation Department, the City Manager or the Superintendent
of the Department of Public Services, approved by the City Council
and posted in any public place, public park or recreational area.
(8)
Causing, provoking or willfully engaging in a fight, brawl or riotous
conduct which endangers the life, health, safety or property of another.
(9)
Making a loud, boisterous or unseemly noise or disturbance to the
annoyance of the peaceable residents nearby.
(10)
Interfering with the lawful pursuits of another by acts or threats
of violence.
(11)
Sitting or standing on a guardrail or barrier which is part
of any bridge over the River Raisin in the City or on any monuments,
dams or historical structures.
(12)
Knowingly allowing, as owner, manager or occupant of property,
a loud, boisterous or unseemly noise or disturbance to be made to
the annoyance of the peaceable residents nearby.
(13)
Being intoxicated in a public place or on private property accessible
to the public, and either directly endangering the life, health, safety
or property of another person or acting in a manner that causes a
public disturbance.
(14)
Engaging in indecent, lewd or obscene conduct in any public
place.
(15)
Making any indecent, immoral or obscene exhibition or exposure
of his or her person.
(16)
Congregating, gathering, collecting or assembling with others
on any sidewalk, roadway, parking area, street corner or public place
so as to hinder, interfere with, obstruct or impede the free and uninterrupted
passage of pedestrian or vehicular traffic and refusing to disperse
when so ordered by a police officer.
(17)
Making or exciting any disturbance or contention in, or upon,
any street, highway, alley, sidewalk, street corner, public place
or public park.
(18)
Attempting to communicate, by shouting or other spoken words,
written notes, letters or signs, or hand signals or other motions,
with any inmate or prisoner of the Monroe County Jail from any location,
public or private, adjacent to or contiguous with the Monroe County
Jail or the Monroe County Courthouse, whether the inmate or prisoner
is indoors or outdoors, or in or out of vehicles, excepting such communication
permitted by written rules and policies of the Monroe County Sheriff's
Office.
[Amended 8-12-1996 by Ord. No. 96-018]
No person shall knowingly and willfully ring
any bell or operate any mechanical apparatus for the purpose of creating
a false alarm of fire, burglary or criminal activity in the City.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 658.01, Disorderly
conduct, adopted 8-10-1998 by Ord. No. 98-014, as amended 10-2-2000
by Ord. No. 00-014, which immediately preceded this section, was repealed
10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 06-019. In addition, original Section 658.02,
Loitering generally; police order to disperse, and Section 658.03,
Loitering around public rest rooms; declaration of nuisance, which
previously preceded this section, were repealed 8-12-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-018.
[Amended 8-12-1996 by Ord. No. 96-018]
A.
No person shall willfully disturb or interrupt any
assembly of people gathered for religious worship by profane discourse,
by rude or indecent behavior, or by making a noise within the place
of worship or so near the place of worship as to disturb the order
and solemnity of the meeting.
B.
No person shall willfully collect, gather or stand
in a crowd in front of or about the entrance of any church or place
of worship so as to purposely hinder, obstruct, delay or block the
free access or egress from such church or place of worship.
No person shall swim or bathe in any of the
waters of the City except in suitable clothing.
