As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
FIGHTING WORDS
Words or phrases meant to incite violence or an immediate breach of the peace.
[Ord. No. 23-011, 11-13-2023]
OBSCENE
Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matter, that may portray sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
[Ord. No. 23-011, 11-13-2023]
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.
[Ord. No. 10-485 §1, 8-19-2010]
A. 
Obstructing Public Ways By Loitering. It shall be unlawful for any person, after first being warned by a Law Enforcement Officer, or where a "no loitering" sign or signs have been posted, to loiter, stand, sit or lie in or upon any public or quasi-public sidewalk, street, curb, crosswalk, walkway area, mall or that portion of private property utilized for public use, so as to hinder or obstruct unreasonably the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles thereon; nor shall any person block or obstruct, or prevent the free access to the entrance to any building open to the public.
B. 
Excessive Or Unnecessary Noises Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which unreasonably or unnecessarily either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others in the Village. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to or be enforced against:
1. 
Any vehicle of the Village while engaged in necessary public business.
2. 
Excavations or repairs of streets by or on behalf of the Village, County or State at night when public welfare and convenience renders it impossible to perform such work during the day.
3. 
The reasonable use of amplifiers or loudspeakers in the course of public addresses which are non-commercial in character.
C. 
Conduct Constituting Excessive Or Unnecessary Noises. The following activity, among others, shall constitute a violation of the above Subsection (B), but such enumeration shall not be exclusive:
1. 
Horns, signaling devices, etc. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public place in the Village except as a danger warning; the creation of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of any such signaling device and the sounding of any such device for an unreasonable period of time; the use of any signaling device, except a Police whistle or one operated by hand or electricity; the use of any horn, whistle or other device operated by engine exhaust and the use of any such signaling device when traffic is held up for any reason.
2. 
Radios, televisions, phonographs, etc. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, television set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants, or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the person who is in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who is a voluntary listener thereto. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M., in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section.
3. 
Loudspeakers, amplifiers, etc., for advertising. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure without a special permit from the Chairman and Board. Announcements over loudspeakers can only be made by the announcer in person and without the aid of any mechanical device.
4. 
Yelling, shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.
5. 
Animals, birds, etc. The keeping of any animal or bird which will disturb the comfort or repose of any persons in the vicinity by making long, continual or frequent noise.
6. 
Steam whistle or horn. The blowing of any train whistle, steam whistle or horn attached to any stationary boiler or locomotive except to give notice of the time to begin or stop work or as a warning of fire or danger or upon request of proper Village authorities.
7. 
Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motorboat or motor vehicle except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.
8. 
Defect in vehicle or load. The use of any automobile, motorcycle or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or in such a manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
9. 
Loading, unloading, opening boxes. The creation of a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicle or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers.
10. 
Construction and repair work. The exterior construction, demolition, alteration or repair of buildings involving the operation of machinery or equipment which causes loud or disturbing noise except between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. on Monday through Saturday and between 9:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. on Sunday, and except for activities by governmental authorities or public utilities when the activities are in response to emergencies or otherwise in the interest of public health and safety.
11. 
Hawkers, peddlers, etc. The shouting and crying of peddlers, hawkers and vendors which disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
12. 
Noises to attract attention. The use of any drum or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention to any performance, show or sale by creation of noise.
13. 
Transportation of metal rails, etc. The transportation of rails, pillars or columns of iron, steel or other material over and along streets and other public places upon carts, drays, cars, trucks or in any other manner so loaded as to cause loud noises or as to disturb the peace and quiet of such streets or other public places.
14. 
Pile drivers, hammers, etc. The operation from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. of any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist or other appliance, the use of which is attended by loud or unusual noise without a special permit from the Chairman and Board of Trustees.
15. 
Blowers. The operation of any noise-creating blower or power fan or any internal combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device sufficient to deaden such noise.
16. 
Sound trucks. The use of mechanical loudspeakers or amplifiers on trucks or other moving or standing vehicles for advertising or other commercial purposes; the use of sound trucks for non-commercial purposes during such hours or in such places or with such volume as would constitute such use a public nuisance.
17. 
Automobile repair. The doing of any activity in the course of repairing or altering a motor vehicle or equipment thereof, in the nighttime, which creates any disturbing noise audible on the premises of another.
18. 
Trash/sanitation services. The pickup, servicing, loading, dumping, unloading of any sanitation receptacle by a vehicle between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on weekdays and between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. on Saturdays and Sundays in residential areas.
D. 
Harassment. A person commits the crime of harassment if for the purpose of frightening or disturbing another person, such person:
1. 
Communicates in writing or by telephone a threat to commit any felony;
2. 
Makes a telephone call or communicates in writing and uses coarse language offensive to one of average sensibility;
3. 
Makes a telephone call anonymously; or
4. 
Makes repeated telephone calls.
E. 
Misuse Of 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Service.
1. 
Definitions. For purpose of this Section, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings:
EMERGENCY
Any incident involving danger to life or property that calls for an emergency response dispatch of Police, Fire, EMS or other public safety organizations.
MISUSE THE 9-1-1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE
Calling "9-1-1" for non-emergency situations causing dispatchers, operators or equipment to be in use for such non-emergency situation.
2. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the 9-1-1 emergency telephone service.
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.
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.
[Ord. No. 10-485 §1, 8-19-2010]
A. 
Definitions. For purpose of this Section, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings:
KEEPER OF A PLACE OF PUBLIC RESORT
Any owner or person in charge of an establishment having rooms for the purpose of overnight accommodation of transient guests.
PUBLIC RESORT
An establishment having rooms for the purpose of commercial overnight accommodation of transient guests.
B. 
No keeper of a place of public resort shall permit any breach of the peace or disturbance of public order or decorum by noisy, riotous, and disorderly conduct on his premises, when it is in his/her power to prevent it.
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.
[Ord. No. 23-011, 11-13-2023]
A. 
A person shall not commit or engage in any act of disorderly conduct by behaving in such manner to knowingly and actually:
1. 
Act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another whereby any person is placed in danger or injury to his/her life, limb, or health.
2. 
Act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby public property or property of any other person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged.
3. 
Endanger lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, threats of bodily harm, or abusive conduct.
4. 
Cause, provoke, or engage in any fight, brawl, or riotous conduct to endanger the life, limb, health, or property of another or public property.
5. 
Assemble in bodies or in crowds and engage in unlawful activities.
6. 
Be in public while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug in such a condition as to be unable to exercise care for his/her own safety or the safety of others.
7. 
Assemble or congregate with another or others for the purpose of causing, provoking, or engaging in any fight or brawl or for causing bodily harm to another.
8. 
Frequent any public place with the intent to obtain money from another by illegal or fraudulent schemes, tricks, artifices, or devises, or attempting to do so.
9. 
Utter while in a public place, in a loud, abusive, or threatening manner, any obscene words, epithets, or similar abusive language. Words merely causing displeasure or annoyance are not prohibited.
10. 
Use fighting words directed to another person.
11. 
Make or cause to be made any loud, boisterous, and unreasonable noise or disturbance to the annoyance of any other persons nearby to any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park square, or common, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed.
12. 
Fail to obey a lawful order to disperse by a Police Officer when known to be such an official, where one (1) or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity and the public health and safety is imminently threatened.
13. 
Obstruct singularly or congregating with another or others on any public way to halt the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refusing to clear such public way when ordered to do so by a Law Enforcement Officer or other person having authority.
14. 
Damage, befoul, or disturb public property or the property of another for the purpose of creating a hazardous, unhealthy, or physically offensive condition.
15. 
Cause inconvenience to another person or persons in a public place or on private property of another without consent by unreasonably and physically obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic or the free ingress or egress to or from the public or private place, either purposefully or while in an intoxicated or drugged condition.
B. 
Exemptions. Subsection (A) shall not be construed to suppress the right to lawful assembly, picketing, public speech, or other lawful means of expressing public opinion not in contravention of other laws.
A. 
A person commits the offense of interference with a first responder if:
1. 
The person has received a verbal warning not to approach from a person that he or she knows or reasonably should know to be a first responder;
2. 
The first responder is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty; and
3. 
The person knowingly and willfully violates the verbal warning and approaches within twenty (20) feet of the first responder with the intent to:
a. 
Impede or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform his or her legal duty;
b. 
Threaten the first responder with physical harm;
c. 
Engage in a course of conduct directed at a first responder which serves no legitimate purpose.
B. 
As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (AEMT)
A person who has successfully completed a course of instruction in certain aspects of advanced life support care as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and is licensed by the Department in accordance with Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and rules and regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
A person licensed in emergency medical care in accordance with standards prescribed by Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and by rules adopted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
FIREFIGHTER
Any officer or employee of a Fire Department or Fire Protection District who is employed for the purpose of fighting fires, but does not include anyone employed in a clerical or other capacity not involving fire-fighting duties.
FIRST RESPONDER
Any Law Enforcement Officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician.
PARAMEDIC
A person who has successfully completed a course of instruction in advanced life support care as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and is licensed by the Department in accordance with Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and rules adopted by the Department pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
C. 
This Section shall have no impact on an individual's first amendment rights, and shall not restrict the ability to observe or record first responders.