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; 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.
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.
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 three-hundred-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.
[CC §§4.0408 — 4.0410]
A. 
Definitions. The following terms shall have these prescribed meanings in the Disorderly Conduct Ordinance.
INCITE A RIOT
Urging or instigating other persons to riot, but shall not be deemed to mean the mere oral or written:
1. 
Advocacy of ideas.
2. 
Expression of belief not involving advocacy of any act or acts of violence or assertion of the rightness of, or the right to commit, any such act or acts.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place 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, areas, or parks.
RIOT
A public disturbance involving a person knowingly assembled with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such persons to violate any criminal law or ordinance, and thereafter, while still so assembled, does violate any said laws or ordinances with force or violence.
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; or
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; or
3. 
Causes, provokes, or engages in any fight, brawl, or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another; or
4. 
Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation by acts of violence; or
5. 
Obstructs, either singularly or together with other persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian 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; or
6. 
Is in a public place under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug in such condition as to be unable to exercise care for his/her own safety or the safety of others; or
7. 
Resists or obstructs the performance of duties by City Police or any other authorized official of the City, when known to be such an official; or
8. 
Incites, attempts to incite, or is involved in attempting to incite a riot; or
9. 
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 expressing or causing displeasure, annoyance, or resentment are not prohibited.); or
10. 
Damages, befouls, or disturbs public property or the property of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy, or physically offensive condition; or
11. 
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; or
12. 
Fails to obey the lawful order to disperse by a Police Officer when known to be such an official, where one (1) or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity, and the public health and safety is imminently threatened; or
13. 
Uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.
C. 
Exceptions To Disorderly Conduct. Disorderly conduct shall not be construed to suppress the right to lawful assembly, picketing, public speaking, or other lawful means of expressing public opinion not in contravention of other laws.
[CC §4.0404]
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. or any person who shall knowingly suffer and permit any such noise in or about such house or business owned or possessed by him/her or under his/her management or control, so that others are disturbed thereby, shall violate this Code.
[Ord. No. 2005-22 §1(4.0414 — 4.0416), 8-2-2005]
A. 
Noise Disturbance. It shall be unlawful for any individual to play any radio, television, or any device made to play cassettes, records, compact disc, audio and/or video tapes, loud speaker or any similar device so that it emits a sound that can be heard one hundred (100) feet or more from the device, or while operating any conveyance through the business district. This includes any of the aforementioned devices that are mounted in motor vehicles, boats, trucks, bicycles, motorized play vehicles, ATVs, or carried on one's person, or placed in any building to include private residences, apartments, places of business, and similar structures.
B. 
Exceptions. This Section shall not apply to authorized parades, licensed carnivals, the farmer's market, religious services, rodeos, or noise emitted by machinery during its normal operation, emergency vehicles, or noise emitted under emergency notification circumstances, Reeds Spring School District activities, or activities associated with business or commercial locations in an appropriately zoned district where the activities are inside the structure. Any other unique exception must be approved in writing by the Board of Aldermen.
C. 
Enforcement.
1. 
It shall be the responsibility of the Reeds Spring Police Department to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Section. Officers may issue a uniform traffic ticket (UTT) in lieu of arrest to the individual responsible for any such device emitting sound in violation of Subsection (A) above, including the driver of a motor vehicle or the owner of record of such vehicle, or the resident, or current occupant of any residence, apartment, or the proprietor of a business, or the person who is in physical control of any such device.
2. 
In the event that any such device is located in a motor vehicle, boat, truck, bicycle, motorized play vehicle, ATV or other such means of conveyance and the owner cannot be located or denies ownership, the officer may tow the motor vehicle, boat, truck, bicycle, motorized play vehicle, ATV, or other means of conveyance at the owner's expense.
3. 
An officer seizing any motor vehicle, boat, truck, bicycle, motorized play vehicle, ATV, or other such means of conveyance, which was used in a violation of Subsection (A), will have same towed and stored, at the owner's expense, for a period of not more than seventy-two (72) hours, if the individual has previously been convicted of or plead guilty to a noise ordinance charge, or who has a noise disturbance charge pending.
4. 
Permit authorized. Any individual, business, and organization may apply for a permit from the City that will allow for an outside event where noise generated may otherwise be in violation of this Section. The office of the City Clerk or his/her designee in his/her discretion may issue such permit. Such permit shall identify the applicant and duration of the event. No fee shall be charged for such permit. This permit will be displayed upon demand by the person acquiring same during the event for inspection by law enforcement personnel.
5. 
Severability. If any term, condition, or provision of this Section shall, to any extent, be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder hereof shall be valid in all other respects and continue to be effective and each and every remaining provision hereof shall be valid and shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law, it being the intent of the Board of Aldermen that it would have enacted this Section without the invalid or unenforceable provisions. In the event of a subsequent change in applicable law so that the provision which had been held invalid is no longer invalid, said provision shall thereupon return to full force and effect without further action by the City and shall thereafter be binding.
A. 
A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly:
1. 
Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person, without the person's consent, while the person is in a state of full or partial nudity and is in a place where one would have a reasonable expectation of privacy; or
2. 
Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person under or through the clothing worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other person without that person's consent.
B. 
Invasion of privacy is an ordinance violation.
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Note: Under certain circumstances, this offense can be a felony under state law.
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.