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.
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 210.220 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. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons if he/she knowingly:
1. 
Carries concealed upon or about his/her person a knife, a firearm, a blackjack or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use; or
2. 
Discharges or shoots a firearm into a dwelling house, a railroad train, boat, aircraft, or motor vehicle as defined in Section 302.010, RSMo., or any building or structure used for the assembling of people; or
3. 
Discharges a firearm within one hundred (100) yards of any occupied school house, courthouse, or church building; or
4. 
Discharges or shoots a firearm at a mark, at any object, or at random, on, along or across a public highway or discharges or shoots a firearm into any building.
B. 
Subsection (A) of this Section shall not apply to or affect any of the following:
1. 
All State, County and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers possessing the duty and power of arrest for violation of the general criminal laws of the State or for violation of ordinances of counties or municipalities of the State, or any person summoned by such Officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while actually engaged in assisting such Officer;
2. 
Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of crime;
3. 
Members of the Armed Forces or National Guard while performing their official duty;
4. 
Those persons vested by Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution of Missouri with the judicial power of the State and those persons vested by Article III of the Constitution of the United States with the judicial power of the United States, the members of the Federal Judiciary;
5. 
Any person whose bona fide duty is to execute process, civil or criminal;
6. 
Any Federal Probation Officer; and
7. 
Any corporate security advisor meeting the definition and fulfilling the requirements of the regulations established by the Board of Police Commissioners under Section 84.340, RSMo.
C. 
Subparagraph (1) of Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply when the actor is transporting such weapons in a non-functioning state or in an unloaded state when ammunition is not readily accessible or when such weapons are not readily accessible. Subparagraph (1) of Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply when the actor is also in possession of an exposed firearm or projectile weapon for the lawful pursuit of game, or is in his/her dwelling unit or upon business premises over which the actor has possession, authority or control, or is traveling in a continuous journey peaceably through the City.
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. 
Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings as set out herein:
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right to 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, area or parks.
RIOT
A public disturbance involving:
1. 
An act or acts of violence by one (1) or more persons part of an assemblage of three (3) or more persons, which act or acts shall constitute a clear and present danger of, or shall result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual; or
2. 
A threat or threats of the commission of an act or acts of violence by one (1) or more persons part of an assemblage of three (3) or more persons having, individually or collectively, the ability of immediate execution of such threat or threats, where the performance of the threatened act or acts of violence would constitute a clear and present danger of, or would result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual.
B. 
Disorderly Conduct Prohibited. A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose of causing public danger, alarm, disorder, nuisance, or if his/her conduct is likely to cause public danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance, he/she willfully does any of the following acts in a public place:
1. 
Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby that other is placed in danger of his/her life, injury to his/her limb or health.
2. 
Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby the property of any person 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. 
Obstructs, either singularly or together with other persons, the flow of vehicular traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by the City Police or other lawful authority known to be such.
5. 
Addresses abusive language or threats to any member of the Police Department, any other authorized official of the City who is engaged in lawful performance of his/her duties, or any other person when such words have a tendency to cause acts of violence. Words merely causing displeasure, annoyance or resentment are not prohibited.
6. 
Damages, befouls or disturbs public property or the property of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive condition.
7. 
Makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous and unreasonable noise or disturbance to the annoyance of any other persons nearby, or near to any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park, square or common, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed, or the traveling public annoyed.
8. 
Uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.
[Ord. No. 316 §I, 10-8-2001]
A. 
The Board of Aldermen does hereby enact this Section establishing definitions and the offense of loitering as follows:
1. 
Loitering shall mean remaining idle in essentially one (1) location and shall include the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger; to stay; to saunter; to delay; to stand around and shall include the colloquial expression "hanging around".
2. 
Public place shall mean any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. This 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.
3. 
Loitering — police order to disburse — penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone and/or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so as to:
a. 
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.
b. 
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 passage 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, thereupon and thereto.
c. 
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated herein, a Police Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disburse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this Section, which shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or a combination thereof.
[Ord. No. 329, 4-11-2003; Ord. No. 373, 11-5-2010]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firms or corporations to knowingly make, cause to be made or permit to be made unlawful noise in the City of New London, Missouri.
B. 
Except as hereinafter provided in Subsection (C), for purposes of this Chapter the term "unlawful noise" shall mean any noise that is either plainly audible beyond the property line in the case of noises originating on private property, or is plainly audible from a distance of fifty (50) feet in the case of noises originating on public property.
C. 
The term "unlawful noise" shall not include or apply to the following noises:
1. 
Any noise from any ambulance, fire truck, law enforcement motor vehicle, or any governmental or emergency motor vehicle.
2. 
Any noise by any State, County, City or other government employee in the performance of public business or duties.
3. 
Any noise from the repair of bridges, streets, highways, water lines, sewer lines, gas lines, electric lines, telephone lines or other facilities owned or maintained by a utility corporation, operating in the City of New London when public welfare renders it impractical to perform such work between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M.
4. 
Any noises from any organized sporting event, fair, carnival or like gathering.
5. 
The sounding of any horn or noise-emitting device on any motor vehicle for emergency purposes.
6. 
Any noises from the normal operation of air-conditioning, cooling, heating or ventilation systems for residential, commercial or industrial purposes.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit any animal or pet owned or in the control of such person, firm or corporation to make a repetitive or continuous noise in excess of fifteen (15) minutes which is either plainly audible beyond the property line where the animal or pet is located in the case of animals or pets located on private property, or plainly audible from a distance of fifty (50) feet in the case of animals or pets located on public property.
E. 
Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating the terms of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each violation.