City of Wildwood, MO Article V Offenses Concerning Public Peace

Section 210.150 Peace Disturbance — Penalty.

[R.O. 1997 § 210.150]

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; 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.

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.

Section 210.160 Private Peace Disturbance.

[R.O. 1997 § 210.160]

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 against any person; or

2. Fighting.

Section 210.170 Peace Disturbance — Definitions.

[R.O. 1997 § 210.170]

For the purposes of Sections 210.150 and 210.160, the following words shall have the following meanings as 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.

SEPARATE PREMISES

If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied units, such units are separate premises.

Section 210.180 Unnecessary Noise.

[R.O. 1997 § 210.180; Ord. No. 77 §§ 1—2, 9-1-1995]

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a radio, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other device at any time with volume louder than necessary for convenient hearing of persons in the room, vehicle, chamber, or outside of any enclosed structure where used. Audibility at a distance of more than one hundred (100) feet from such device between 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. is prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section.

B. A permit from the Chief of Police must be obtained for an outdoor event where the volume must exceed that established in Subsection (A). The Chief shall issue the permit if the peace would not be unduly disturbed thereby.

Section 210.190 Disturbance Of The Peace — Public Nuisance — Barking Dog.

[R.O. 1997 § 210.190; Ord. No. 84 § 1, 9-1-1995]

A person shall not permit a dog owned by him/her or within his/her custody or under his/her control to habitually bark thereby reasonably causing the peace of any person of ordinary temper and disposition to be disturbed. A dog which habitually barks thereby reasonably causing the peace of any person of ordinary temper and disposition to be disturbed, residing or lawfully present within one hundred (100) yards or within such other reasonable distance, is declared to be a public nuisance.

Section 210.200 Refusal To Disperse.

[R.O. 1997 § 210.200; Ord. No. 75 § 1, 9-1-1995]

A person commits the ordinance violation of refusal to disperse if he/she is present at the scene of an unlawful assembly, or at the scene of a riot and 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.

Section 210.210 Loitering — Prohibited.

[R.O. 1997 § 210.210; Ord. No. 108 § 1, 9-1-1995]

A person shall not loiter in any park, street, alley, highway, thoroughfare, or around or about or at any street corner, or in the vicinity of any other public place or place of public accommodation, including but not limited to hotels, motels, public buildings, restaurants, and other places of business, and refuse to cease and desist such loitering, to move on, or both, when ordered to do so by the Superintendent of Police or any duly authorized officer, agent, or deputized representative of the Police Department where such loitering is done with the intent to cause a violation of any State law or municipal ordinance, or with the intent to cause a breach of the peace, or both.