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, including inside a building, 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 knowingly and actually:
1.
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding 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.
[1]
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.
[Ord. No. 87.10.5 §1, 11-2-1987; Ord. No. 248, 11-12-2001; Ord. No. 409, 2-13-2023]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to
be made or continued, any loud, excessive or unnecessary noise which
either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose,
health, safety or peace of others within the limits of the City.
B.
It shall be unlawful for sound from audio equipment, such as tape
players, radios, and compact disc players, to be operated at a volume
as to be audible greater than fifty (50) feet from the source and
if not operated upon the property of the operator.
C.
Muffler cutouts shall not be used and no vehicle shall be driven
in such manner or condition that excessive and unnecessary noise shall
be made by its machinery motor, signaling device or other parts, or
any improperly loaded cargo.
D.
It shall be unlawful to use any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle
so out of repair, so loaded or in such manner as to create loud and
unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
E.
The motors of all motor vehicles shall be fitted with properly attached
mufflers of such capacity or construction as to quiet the maximum
potential exhaust noise as completely as is done in modern gas engine
passenger motor vehicles. Any cutout or opening in the exhaust pipe
between the motor and the muffler on any motor vehicle shall be completely
closed and disconnected from its operating lever, and shall be so
arranged that it cannot automatically open or be opened or operated
while such vehicle is in motion.
F.
It shall be unlawful to use jake brakes within City limits. Sound
created by the use of jake brakes is unnecessary within the City limits
except when used in the event of an imminent danger or accident.
G.
The acts described in this Section, among others, are declared to
be loud excessive and unnecessary noise in violation of this Section,
but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive.
H.
Every person who violates this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance
violation and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not
less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) and not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed
fifteen (15) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
A.
A person
commits the offense of using a laser pointer if such person knowingly
directs a light from a laser pointer at a uniformed safety officer,
including a peace officer as defined under Section 590.010, RSMo.,
security guard, firefighter, emergency medical worker, or other uniformed
municipal, state, or federal officer.
B.
As
used in this Section, "laser pointer" means a device that emits a
visible light amplified by the stimulated emission of radiation.