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.
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.
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.
A.
PUBLIC PLACE
Definition. The following term shall be defined
as follows:
Any place to which the general public has access and a right
of 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.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or remain idle either
alone or in consort 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;
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, therein,
thereon and thereto;
3.
Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without
so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish
of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge
of the building or premises.
C.
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions in this Section,
a Police Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer shall 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 guilty
of a violation of this Section.
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.
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
FUNERAL and BURIAL SERVICE
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms mean:
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or
disturb a funeral or 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.
C.
The offense of unlawful funeral protest shall be an ordinance violation.
A.
A person
shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if, he/she recklessly or knowingly
causes danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance to another person, or by
doing any of the following acts:
1.
Commits an act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another whereby
another is placed in danger of life, limb or health;
2.
Commits an act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another whereby
the property of another is placed in danger of being destroyed or
damaged;
3.
Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct
so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another;
4.
Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation by acts
of violence;
5.
Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow
of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public
way when ordered to do so by the City Police or other lawful authority;
6.
Is in a public place under the influence of an intoxicating liquor
or drug in such condition as to be unable to exercise care for his/her
own safety or the safety of others;
7.
Resists or obstructs the performance of duties by City Police or
any other authorized official of the City when known to be such an
official;
8.
Incites, attempts to incite, or is involved in attempting to incite
a riot;
9.
Addresses abusive language or threats to any member of the Police
Department, any other authorized official of the City who is engaged
in the lawful performance of his/her duties, or any other person when
such words have a direct tendency to cause acts of violence. Words
merely causing displeasure, annoyance or resentment are not prohibited;
[Ord. No. 1520 § 1, 3-7-2017]
10.
Damages, befouls or disturbs public property or the property of another
so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive condition;
11.
Makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous and unreasonable
noise or disturbance which is likely to annoy any other persons nearby,
or near to any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park, square
or common;
12.
Fails 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;
13.
Uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture which
is likely to produce an immediate violent response from a reasonable
recipient;
14.
A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if a person knowingly
allows disorderly conduct to occur upon any premises owned or possessed
by him/her or under his/her control.
B.
Exemptions. This Section shall not be construed to suppress
the right to lawful assembly, picketing, public speaking or other
lawful means of expressing public opinion not in contravention of
other laws.
A.
A person
commits the offense of making a terroristic threat if such person
communicates a threat to commit a felony, a knowingly false report
concerning the commission of any felony, or a knowingly false report
concerning the occurrence of any catastrophe:
1.
For the purpose of frightening or disturbing ten (10) or more people;
2.
For the purpose of causing the evacuation or closure of any building,
inhabitable structure, place of assembly or facility of transportation;
or
3.
With reckless disregard of the risk of causing the evacuation or
closure of any building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly
or facility of transportation.
A.
A person
commits the offense of noise disturbance if such person shall make,
continue, cause or permit to be made or continued any of the following:
1.
Barking dogs or other noisy animals which disturb the comfort and
repose of any person in the vicinity.
2.
Use of sound-producing or reproducing equipment between the hours
of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. that is plainly audible within a dwelling
unit that is not the source of the sound, or use of such equipment
on public property or on a public right-of-way so as to be plainly
audible fifty (50) feet or more from the source of the sound. The
Board of Aldermen may grant an exemption from this Subsection to allow
a person reasonable use of public property or the right-of-way to
broadcast music or speech.
B.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the Director of Community Development may grant a temporary permit waiver to Subsection (A)(2) of this Section for after-hours construction activity if the Director determines that the impact to the public health, safety, and welfare is not outweighed by the public benefits resulting from the construction activity. If approved by the Director, the applicant is required to provide written notice to any residential areas within one thousand (1,000) feet no less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the beginning of the construction activity. The Director may revoke any issued temporary permit waiver if the Director subsequently determines that the impact to the public health, safety, and welfare outweighs the public benefits resulting from the construction activity.
[Ord. No. 1868, 8-16-2022]
A.
An individual under twenty-one (21) years of age may not enter or
attempt to enter the area of an excursion gambling boat where gambling
is being conducted except that an individual eighteen (18) years of
age or older who is employed by the licensed operator of the excursion
gambling boat may enter and remain in that area while engaged in the
performance of the individual's employment duties.
B.
An individual who has been placed on the Missouri Gaming Commission's
List of Disassociated Persons may not enter or attempt to enter the
area of an excursion gambling boat where gambling is being conducted
except that such individual who is employed by the licensed operator
of the excursion gambling boat may enter and remain in that area while
engaged in the performance of the individual's employment duties.
C.
EXCURSION GAMBLING BOAT
LIST OF DISASSOCIATED PERSONS
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A boat, ferry or other floating facility licensed by the
Missouri Gaming Commission on which gambling games are allowed.
The list of those persons that have voluntarily applied to
exclude him/herself from an excursion gambling boat, and which the
Missouri Gaming Commission has entered their name on the list.
