As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
Any property in which the person does not have a possessory interest.
PUBLIC PLACE
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. Any excessive, unnecessary or unusual loud noise for any purpose, which either damages, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, health, peace or safety of others, that is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred (100) feet from the source; or
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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.
2. 
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 an offense against any person; or
2. 
Fighting.
B. 
For purposes of this Section, 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.
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. 
Definition. The following term shall be defined as follows:
PUBLIC PLACE
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.
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A. 
It shall be unlawful for an owner, manager, or employee of a business or establishment in the City of Dellwood, Missouri, which is open to the public, to allow another to loiter, solicit, loaf, wander, stand, or remain idle either alone or with others with no business-related purpose on any portion of the property thereof.
B. 
Violators of this Section shall be subject to municipal penalties, including fines and costs imposed by the City of Dellwood's Municipal Court.
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. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
FUNERAL and 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 300-foot zone that is established under Subsection (A) above.
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service.
C. 
The offense of unlawful funeral protest shall be an ordinance violation.
A. 
A person commits the offense of interference with a first responder if:
1. 
The person has received a verbal warning not to approach from a person that he or she knows or reasonably should know to be a first responder;
2. 
The first responder is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty; and
3. 
The person knowingly and willfully violates the verbal warning and approaches within twenty (20) feet of the first responder with the intent to:
a. 
Impede or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform his or her legal duty;
b. 
Threaten the first responder with physical harm;
c. 
Engage in a course of conduct directed at a first responder which serves no legitimate purpose.
B. 
As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (AEMT)
A person who has successfully completed a course of instruction in certain aspects of advanced life support care as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and is licensed by the Department in accordance with Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and rules and regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
A person licensed in emergency medical care in accordance with standards prescribed by Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and by rules adopted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
FIREFIGHTER
Any officer or employee of a Fire Department or Fire Protection District who is employed for the purpose of fighting fires, but does not include anyone employed in a clerical or other capacity not involving fire-fighting duties.
FIRST RESPONDER
Any Law Enforcement Officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician.
PARAMEDIC
A person who has successfully completed a course of instruction in advanced life support care as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and is licensed by the Department in accordance with Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and rules adopted by the Department pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
C. 
This Section shall have no impact on an individual's first amendment rights, and shall not restrict the ability to observe or record first responders.