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City of Pacific, MO
Franklin County
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[CC 1976 §22-39; Ord. No. 1606 §1, 10-1-1991]
A. 
A person commits the offense of assault if:
1. 
He attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury to another person; or
2. 
With criminal negligence he causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon; or
3. 
He purposely places another person in apprehension of immediate, physical injury; or
4. 
He recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death or serious physical injury to another person; or
5. 
He knowingly causes physical contact with another person knowing the other person will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.
[CC 1976 §22-40]
If two (2) or more persons shall, in any public place in the City, voluntarily or by agreement engage in any fight or use any blows or violence towards each other in any angry or quarrelsome manner or do each other any willful mischief, or if any person shall assault another and strike him in any public place to the terror or disturbance of others, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
[CC 1976 §22-41; Ord. No. 1606 §1, 10-1-1991; Ord. No. 3156, 10-1-2019[1]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of peace disturbances if:
1. 
He or she unreasonably and knowingly causes alarm to another person or persons not physically on the same premises by:
a. 
Personally abusive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances such that the words have a direct tendency to cause an immediate violent response by a reasonable recipient; or
b. 
Tending to incite a fight.
2. 
He or she is in a public place or on private property of another without consent and unreasonable and knowingly causes alarm to another person or persons by:
a. 
Personally abusive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances such that the words have a direct tendency to cause an immediate violent response by a reasonable recipient; or
b. 
Tending to incite a fight.
3. 
He or she 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.
4. 
He or she unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person or persons by creating an obnoxious and offensive odor.
B. 
For purposes of this Section, an offense committed by means of writing, telephonic communication or electronic communication shall be deemed to have occurred at the place from which the communication was made or sent and at the place where the communication was first heard or read by the recipient.
C. 
It shall be unlawful and a violation for any person to commit an act of peace disturbance.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 3156 also changed the title of this Section from "Disturbing the Peace" to "Peace Disturbance."
[CC 1976 §22-42]
Any person within the City who shall disturb or disquiet any congregation or assembly of persons by making any noise or by loud talking, rude or indecent behavior or by profane discourse within or about the place of assembly, or so near the same as to disturb the order or solemnity thereof, and any person in the City who by loud or boisterous talking, rude or indecent behavior, or willfully extinguishing the lights in any hall or building occupied by an audience or assemblage of persons, or by attempting to disturb or break up the same, shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
[Rev. Ords. 1910 §91; CC 1976 §22-43]
If three (3) or more persons shall assemble together within the City, or being lawfully assembled shall act in concert to do any unlawful act, force or violence, against the property of the City or the property of another, or against the peace or to the terror of others, or shall agree to do any such unlawful act and make any preparation or movement thereof, such persons, and each of them, shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
[CC 1976 §22-44]
If three (3) or more persons, being assembled as mentioned in Section 210.210, shall proceed to carry out or accomplish their purposes, or do any unlawful act in furtherance or supposed furtherance of said purposes, in a violent, unlawful or tumultuous manner to the terror or disturbance of peaceful citizens, every such person so offending, or who shall aid or assist in doing any unlawful act, shall be deemed guilty of a riot and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for an offense. An individual engaged in such riot may be prosecuted and punished singly.
[Ord. No. 2856 §1, 2-19-2013]
A. 
Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish the person's sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of the right, but no person shall picket or engage in other protest activities, nor shall any association or corporation cause picketing or other protest activities to occur 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. 
As used in this Section, "other protest activities" means any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service.
C. 
As used in this Section, "funeral" and "burial service" 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 three hundred (300) foot zone that is established under Subsection (A) above.
D. 
Any person violating this Section shall be guilty of a municipal violation subject to penalty in accordance with Section 100.170. Each day the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.