A.
A person
commits the offense of peace disturbance if:
1.
He/she unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person
or persons by:
a.
Loud noise;
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;
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;
d.
Fighting; or
e.
Creating a noxious and offensive odor.
For the purposes of Sections 210.210 and 210.220, the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
Any place which at the time is not open to the public. It
includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the actor does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which at the time is open to the public. It includes
property which is owned publicly or privately.
If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied
units, such units are separate premises.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 423 §1, adopted May 3, 2004, repealed sections 210.240 "weapons — carrying concealed — other unlawful use", 210.245 "unlawful transfer of weapons" and 210.250 "discharging air gun, etc." and enacted new provisions set out in ch. 240 "weapons — carrying concealed — other unlawful use" of this Code. Former sections 210.240 — 210.250 derived from state statutes. At the editor's discretion, sections 210.240 — 210.250 have been reserved for the city's future use.
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.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can
be a felony under state law.
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.