A. 
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if:
1. 
He/she 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;
e. 
Creating a noxious and offensive odor; or
f. 
Urinating or defecating in public.
2. 
He/she 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.
3. 
Willfully interrupts, disrupts or disturbs any lawful meeting or assembly.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
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.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
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 a crime or offense against any person; or
2. 
Fighting.
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.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
For the purposes of Sections 215.210 and 215.215, the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
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
Any place which at the time is open to the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied units, such units are separate premises.
[Ord. No. 6250 §1, 12-11-2012]
A. 
Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish the person's sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of the right, but 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 (300) foot zone that is established under Subsection (A) above.
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Editor's Note—Ord. no. 6087 §1, adopted September 8, 2009, repealed section 215.223 "funeral protests prohibited, when—funeral defined" in its entirety. Subsequently, ord. no. 6250 §1, enacted December 11, 2012, replaced this section with "disturbance of funeral and burial services".
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.
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Note—Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
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.
[CC 1970 §17-10; CC 1947 §12-3]
Any person who shall, in this City, disquiet or disturb any congregation or assembly met for religious worship by making a noise or by rude or indecent behavior or profane discourses within the place of worship or so near the same as to disturb the order or solemnity of the meeting shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1970 §17-11; CC 1947 §12-4]
Any person who shall, in this City, disturb any lawful assembly of people by rude and indecent behavior or be found loitering at the corners of the streets or in the vicinity of any place of amusement, restaurant or hotel or thoroughfare and refuse to disperse or vacate such place when requested to do so by a Police Officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. 
Fail to comply with the lawful order or request of a Police Officer in the discharge of the officer's official duties where such failure interfered with, obstructed or hindered the officer in the performance of such duties; or
2. 
Fail to identify himself or herself by name upon request when lawfully detained by a Police Officer, provided, however, that the person may not be compelled to answer any other inquiry of the Police Officer; or
3. 
In any matter within the jurisdiction of any Law Enforcement Officer of this City, knowingly: falsifies, conceals or covers up by any trick, scheme or device, a material fact; makes any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation; or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry.