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. 2500 §1, 8-20-2007; Ord. No. 3834, 4-2-2018]
A. 
For the purpose of this Section the following terms are defined:
LOITERING
Remaining idle in essentially one (1) location and shall include the concept of spending time idly; to linger; to stay; to saunter; to delay; to stand around.
MAJOR ROADWAY
Any roadway with a speed limit of at least thirty (30) miles per hour or greater and/or average traffic volumes greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) vehicles per day, and which has been designated as a Major Roadway by the Traffic Engineer.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.
ROADWAY
The portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel and extending from one (1) curb or edge of pavement to the opposite curb or edge of pavement, including lanes commonly used for parking and including center medians and lane dividers.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a public right-of-way between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use by pedestrians.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone and/or with others in a public place in such manner so as to:
1. 
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians or to linger thereabout after business hours.
2. 
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress.
C. 
When any person violates any of the provisions of this Section, a Police Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer may order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be in violation of this Section and any person having been previously warned about loitering found to be doing so shall be in violation of this Section.
D. 
No person shall cross a Major Roadway at any place except in a crosswalk. Where there is no crosswalk, a person shall cross only where a pedestrian-control signal is located. Where there is no crosswalk or pedestrian-control signal, a person shall cross only at an intersection.
E. 
No person shall be located upon a median in a Major Roadway. Failure of a person to leave the median after two (2) consecutive opportunities to cross the roadway in a lawful manner is prima facie evidence of a violation of this Subsection, unless such a person's mobility is restricted to a degree which makes such person unable to safely cross the roadway during two (2) consecutive opportunities.
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.
[CC 1988 §62.410; Ord. No. 989 §1, 11-7-1994]
A. 
No person shall use or perform any type musical instrument or device in any public way or public place in the City before 7:00 A.M. or after 10:00 P.M. of any day, except on special occasions as approved and authorized by the Board of Aldermen.
B. 
No person shall use any premises in such a way as to destroy the peace and tranquility of the surrounding neighborhood.
C. 
No person shall erect (including excavation), demolish, alter or repair any property, building or structure other than between the hours of 6:30 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Saturday and from 12:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday within one thousand (1,000) feet of a residence or hospital, except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety and then only with a permit from the Building Inspector, which permit may be granted for a period of not to exceed three (3) days or less while the emergency continues and which permit may be renewed for periods of three (3) days or less while the emergency continues.
D. 
No person shall activate or cause to be activated any horn or audible signal device on any motor vehicle of any kind except as a warning of danger or peril as provided in the motor vehicle and traffic ordinance.