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City of Troy, MO
Lincoln County
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As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For the purpose of this Section, it shall be unlawful for any person in this City to make or permit other persons to make loud or unusual noise as defined above in any residential area or in any commercial zone adjacent to a residential area between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on Monday through Friday and from the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. on Saturday and Sunday.
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.
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.
A. 
Any person who, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or to cause violence to persons or property, commits any of the following acts shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
1. 
Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby any person is placed in fear of safety of his/her life, limb or health.
2. 
Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby property of any person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged.
3. 
Endangers lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, angry threats and/or abusive conduct.
4. 
Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another.
5. 
Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of causing, provoking or engaging in any fight or brawl.
6. 
Jostles or roughly crowds or pushes any person in any public place.
7. 
Frequents any public place with intent to obtain money from another by an illegal and fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice or device.
8. 
Assembles with another or others for the purpose of engaging in any fraudulent scheme, device or trick to obtain any valuable thing in any place or from any person in the City, or to aid or abet therein.
9. 
Any male person accosts or attempts to force his/her company upon any female or attempts to pick up any female.
10. 
Uses "fighting words" directed towards another who becomes outraged and thus creates turmoil.
11. 
Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of doing bodily harm to another.
12. 
Any person, by acts of violence, interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation.
13. 
Congregates with another or others in or on any public way so as to halt the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered by a Peace Officer or other lawful authority.
14. 
Congregates with others on a public street and refuses to move on when ordered by the Police.
15. 
By his/her actions causes a crowd to collect, except when lawfully addressing such crowd.
16. 
Stations himself/herself on the public streets or follows pedestrians for the purpose of soliciting alms, or who solicits alms on the public streets unlawfully.
17. 
Causes a disturbance in any bus or other public conveyance by running through it, climbing through windows or upon the seats, or otherwise annoying passengers or employees therein.
18. 
Stands on sidewalks or street corners and makes insulting remarks to or about passing pedestrians and/or motorists or annoys such pedestrians.
A. 
For purposes of this Section, "house of worship" means any church, synagogue, mosque, other building or structure, or public or private place used for religious worship, religious instruction, or other religious purpose.
B. 
A person commits the offense of disrupting a house of worship if such person:
1. 
Intentionally and unreasonably disturbs, interrupts, or disquiets any house of worship by using profane discourse, rude or indecent behavior, or making noise either within the house of worship or so near it as to disturb the order and solemnity of the worship services; or
2. 
Intentionally injures, intimidates, or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person lawfully exercising the right of religious freedom in or outside of a house of worship or seeking access to a house of worship, whether by force, threat, or physical obstruction.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful funeral protest if he or she pickets or engages in other protest activities within three hundred (300) feet of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue or other establishment during or within one (1) hour before or one (1) hour after the conducting of any actual funeral or burial service at that place.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
FUNERAL and BURIAL SERVICE
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.
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service.
C. 
The offense of unlawful funeral protest shall be an ordinance violation.
A. 
Unless needed to stop a vehicle or to implement emergency speed reduction, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle to operate, use or engage a compression release braking system within the City limits of the City of Troy, Missouri, when the use of such compression release braking system results in excessive, loud, unusual or explosive noise from said vehicle.
B. 
Any violation of this Section shall be punishable by a fine as set forth in Section 100.120 of the City of Troy Municipal Code.
A. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
BUSINESS
A place, where service or items are offered for sale or orders taken, which has parking facilities for vehicles. It shall be comprised of the entire premises, including parking lots and areas for ingress and egress.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any building and the grounds used therewith or any tract of land where services are offered to the public for a consideration or things are sold or are offered for sale or orders are taken for the sale thereof to the public.
TRANSACTING BUSINESS
Engaging in a transaction with the proprietor, agents, or employees of the business, which transaction is normally incidental to the business for which the public is invited and for which the premises are licensed.
B. 
Congregating At Commercial Establishments Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for persons to intentionally congregate upon the grounds or within the buildings of a commercial establishment, or upon public ways immediately adjacent thereto so as to block the aisles, doorways or other passageways into, out of or through the grounds or buildings of such commercial establishment. No persons shall congregate in crowds of three (3) or more outside vehicles on business premises when such persons are not transacting business with the commercial establishment on the premises.
C. 
Remaining On Closed Parking Lots Prohibited. No person, except the owner, tenant or other person in possession, or their invitees, shall be upon any public or private parking lot, nor upon any parking lot provided for the customers, business invitees or employees of any commercial or industrial establishment at any time any such public or private parking lot shall be closed to use by the public or any such commercial or industrial lot shall be closed to use by customers, business invitees and employees.
D. 
Consumption Or Possession Of Alcoholic Beverages. No patron or other person on a parking lot and areas for ingress and egress of a business, whether in or out of an automobile, shall drink from or possess any open bottle, can or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage. Alcoholic beverages shall include "intoxicating liquor" as defined in Section 600.010 of this Code.
E. 
Regulation Of Motor Vehicles On Premises. No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle in a street at or near the entrance to or exit from a business, except in an authorized parking space adjacent to the curb of such street, and in such manner as to not interfere with other vehicles upon such street. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle upon the grounds or within any garage of any commercial establishment other than in the designated parking areas. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to move a motor vehicle over which that person has control when that vehicle shall be interfering with the movement of other motor vehicles on the drives or other usual passageways upon the grounds or within the garage of a commercial establishment.
F. 
Signs Prerequisite To Enforcement Of Certain Provisions. Before Subsection (B) of this Section may be enforced by the City, a business shall post on the premises in conspicuous locations, clearly visible signs, reasonably likely to come to the attention of a person entering upon the premises, bearing the following statement: "This lot for customers only. No congregating or lingering on this lot".
A person commits the offense of keeping a disorderly premises if he/she shall permit, allow, or encourage any peace disturbance, as defined in Section 210.660, to occur or continue on premises owned or controlled by him/her.