[R.O. 1991 § 205.660; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
As used in this Article, the following
terms mean:
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to
the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the person does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which at the time of the offense is open to the
public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.670; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
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.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.680; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
[R.O. 1991 § 205.690; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
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.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.700; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
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.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.710; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
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.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.720; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
A.
Any person who, with intent to provoke
a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned,
commits any of the following acts shall be deemed to have committed
the offense of disorderly conduct:
1.
Uses offensive, disorderly, threatening,
abusive or insulting language, conduct or behavior.
2.
Acts in such manner as to annoy,
disturb, interfere with, obstruct or be offensive to others or to
any lawful assemblage.
3.
Congregates with others on a public
street and refuses to move on when ordered by the Police.
4.
By his actions causes a crowd to
collect, except when lawfully addressing such a crowd.
5.
Shouts or makes a noise either outside
or inside a building during the nighttime to the annoyance or disturbance
of any considerable number of persons.
6.
Interferes with any person in any
place by jostling against such person or unnecessarily crowding him/her
or placing a hand in the proximity of such person's pocket or handbag.
7.
Stations himself on the public streets
or follows pedestrians for the purpose of soliciting alms or who solicits
alms on the public streets unlawfully.
8.
Frequents or loiters about any public
place soliciting men for the purpose of committing a crime against
nature or other lewdness.
9.
Causes a disturbance in any railroad
car, omnibus or other public conveyance by running through it, climbing
through windows or upon the seats or otherwise annoying passengers
or employees therein.
10.
Stands on sidewalks or street corners
and makes insulting remarks to or about passing pedestrians or annoys
such pedestrians.
11.
Is engaged in some illegal occupation
or who bears an evil reputation and with an unlawful purpose consorts
with thieves and criminals or frequents unlawful resorts.
12.
In any prosecution under Subsection (A)(11) of this Section, the fact that the defendant is engaged in an illegal occupation or bears an evil reputation and is found consorting with persons of like evil reputation, thieves or criminals shall be prima facie evidence that such consorting was for an unlawful purpose.
13.
Looks, peers or peeps into or is
found loitering around or within view of any window not on his own
property with the intent of watching or looking through such window.
14.
Any person who knowing the same to
be false circulates or transmits to another or others, with intent
that it be acted upon, any statement or rumor, written, printed or
by word of mouth concerning the location of a bomb or other explosive
is guilty of a misdemeanor. This Subsection shall not apply to authorized
statements made in connection with any authorized civil defense test
or drill.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.730; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
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.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense
can be a felony under state law.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.740; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
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.
FUNERAL and BURIAL SERVICE
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
Definitions. As used in this Section, the
following terms mean:
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 300-foot zone that is established under Subsection (A) above.
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.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.750; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
It shall be unlawful for two (2)
or more persons in any public place to voluntarily or by agreement
to engage in any fight or use any blows or violence toward each other.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.760; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
A.
No person in the City shall have the status
or condition of "vagrant." The following persons shall be deemed vagrants:
1.
No Lawful Means Of Support. Any person
having no lawful means of employment and having no lawful means of
support realized solely from lawful occupation or sources; or any
person who lives idly and without visible means of support.
2.
Loitering. Any person found loitering
or strolling in, about or upon any street, alley, or other public
way or public place, or at any public gathering or assembly, or in
or around any store, shop or business or commercial establishment,
or on any private property or place without lawful business and conducting
himself in a lewd, wanton or lascivious manner in speech or behavior.
3.
Unlawful Occupancy. Any person wandering
abroad and occupying, lodging or sleeping in any vacant or unoccupied
barn, garage, shed, shop or other building or structure, or in any
automobile, truck, railroad car or other vehicle, without owning the
same or without permission of the owner or person entitled to the
possession of the same, or sleeping in any vacant lot during the hours
of darkness and not giving a satisfactory account of himself.
4.
Begging. Any person wandering abroad
and begging; or any person who goes about from door to door of private
homes or commercial and business establishments or places himself
in or upon any public way or public place to beg or receive alms for
himself.
5.
Abroad At Unusual Hours. Any person
who wanders about the streets, alleys or other public ways or places,
or who is found abroad at late or unusual hours in the night without
any visible or lawful business and not giving a satisfactory account
of himself.
6.
Illegal Association. Any person who
keeps, operates, frequents, lives in or is employed in any house or
other establishment of ill fame, or who (whether married or single)
engages in or commits acts of fornication or perversion for hire.
7.
Illegal Employment. Any person who
frequents or loafs, loiters or idles in or around or is the occupant
of or is employed in any gambling establishment or establishment where
intoxicating liquor is sold without a license.
8.
Fraudulent Schemes. Any person who
shall engage in any fraudulent scheme, device or trick to obtain money
or other valuable thing from others; or any person who aids or assists
such trick, device or scheme.
9.
All persons who by common law are
vagrants, whether embraced in any of the foregoing classifications
or not.
