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.
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. 625 §300.072, 5-28-1996]
A. 
Any person who, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned, commits the following acts shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
1. 
Congregates with others on a public street and refuses to move on when ordered by the Police.
2. 
Congregates with others on a public parking lot and refuses to move on when ordered by the Police.
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.
[Ord. No. 815, 1-10-2017]
A. 
General Prohibition. A person commits the offense of willful disruption of a public meeting if he or she knowingly and willfully disrupts a public meeting as set forth in this Section. Likewise, no person(s) or group(s) shall be allowed to continue to willfully disrupt a public meeting as set forth in this Section.
B. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
DISRUPT OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT
Means and includes addressing the presiding officer of the public meeting without first being recognized; not addressing the subject before the board or members of the meeting; repetitiously addressing the same subject; shouting at or threatening the board or members of the meeting in a manner which makes it difficult or impossible to maintain decorum, or which places the member(s) of the board or members of the public meeting in fear for their lives or safety or for the lives or safety of other persons in attendance at the meeting; failing to relinquish the podium when requested to do so; or otherwise preventing the board or members of the public meeting from conducting its meeting in an orderly manner, as determined by the presiding officer of the board or public meeting or by a majority of the members thereof.
PUBLIC MEETING
Any meeting of the City Board of Alderman, commission, committee or any meeting in the City required to be an open meeting pursuant to Sections 610.010 to 610.028, RSMo.
WILLFUL DISRUPTION
Of a public meeting, means disruptive conduct after a verbal warning has been issued by the officer presiding over the public meeting; or conduct which is violent and which immediately jeopardizes the public health and safety.
C. 
Procedures. For the purposes of this Section the following procedures shall be followed:
1. 
In the event that any public meeting is willfully disrupted by a person or by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of the meeting impossible, the officer presiding at the meeting may recess the meeting or order the person, group or groups of persons willfully disrupting the meeting to leave the meeting or be removed from the meeting.
2. 
In the event that an individual or group of individuals violates the limits of permissible conduct during a public meeting in a manner determined by the presiding officer to constitute disruptive conduct, the presiding officer of the meeting may issue a verbal warning. If the individual or group refuses to adhere to the direction of the presiding officer, the presiding officer may direct and request that a law enforcement officer remove the individual or individuals from the meeting room for willfully disrupting a public meeting.
3. 
When the presiding officer of a public meeting determines that willful disruption of a public meeting has occurred or is occurring, and when so requested by the presiding officer for the meeting, upon his or her confirmation that such disruption of the public meeting has occurred or is occurring, the law enforcement officer should approach the individual or group of individuals and instruct the person(s) to leave immediately or be subject to arrest.
4. 
Any person who is requested to leave the meeting and does so without being physically removed should not be arrested, so long as he/she does not return to that meeting and unless other unlawful conduct is involved; however, such person may be charged with willfully disrupting a public meeting. Any person who is requested to leave the meeting and refuses to do so voluntarily, so that physical force is required to remove the individual from the meeting, may be placed under arrest and charged with willfully disrupting a public meeting, trespassing, and/or failure to obey a lawful order or direction of officer.
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. 
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.