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City of Warsaw, MO
Benton County
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[Ord. No. 2007-31 §1, 8-20-2007]
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.
2. 
He/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.
3. 
Any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway operates or amplifies the sound produced by a radio, tape player or other mechanical sound-making device or instrument from within the motor vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet or more from the motor vehicle.
a. 
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any law enforcement motor vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of law enforcement duties or to any emergency vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of any emergency procedures.
b. 
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to motor vehicles used for business or political purposes, which in the normal course of conducting such business use sound-making devices. The provisions of this Subsection shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the Police power, from regulating the time and manner in which such business may be operated.
c. 
The provisions of this Section do not apply to the noise made by a horn or other warning device.
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 a crime or offense against any person; or
2. 
Fighting.
For the purposes of Sections 210.210 and 210.215, the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time is not open to the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
Any property in which the actor does not have a possessory interest.
PUBLIC PLACE
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.
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.
[CC 1978 §75.065]
Whosoever shall in this City make any noise by any musical instrument that can be heard outside of any house or business building between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. on weekdays or any time on Sunday, or any person who shall knowingly suffer and permit any such noise in or about such house or business building owned or possessed by him/her, or under his/her management or control so that others are disturbed thereby shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine as set out in Section 100.220.
[Ord. No. 202 §1, 9-28-2015]
The use of any gasoline-or diesel-powered generator is prohibited within the City limits unless an act of God or structural repairs prevent the use of, or connection to, electricity provided by the City's electrical franchise holder. Acts of God may include natural disasters such as tornados, wind storms, ice storms, blizzards, and other natural disasters. An act of God does not include non-payment of a utility bill or inability to pay a deposit that may be required by said franchise holder before electrical service can be provided.
[Ord. No. 2010-22 §1, 11-1-2010]
A. 
Unless needed to stop a vehicle or to implement emergency speed reduction, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle to operate, use or engage a compression release braking system within the City limits of the City of Warsaw, Missouri, when the use of such compression release braking system results in excessive, loud, unusual or explosive noise from said vehicle.
B. 
Signs reading "Engine Braking Prohibited" shall be posted at the City limit signs on the highways entering into the City.
C. 
Any violation of this Section shall be punishable by a fine as set forth in Section 100.220 of the City of Warsaw Municipal Code.