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.
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.
[Ord. No. A-294 §1, 5-11-1998]
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.
2. Discharges or shoots a firearm within the City limits.
3. Possesses a firearm or projectile weapon while intoxicated.
4. Carries a firearm or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use.
B. Subparagraphs (1), (2) and (4) of 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;
7. Any State probation or parole officer, including supervisors and
members of the Board of Probation and Parole, authorized to carry
a firearm pursuant to Section 217.710, RSMo.; and
8. 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. Subparagraphs (1), (3) and (4) of Subsection
(A) of this Section do 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.
Any person within the limits of this City, who shall discharge
any BB gun, spring gun or air gun, or shall shoot any pebble, bullet,
slug or other hard substance by means of a sling, crossbow, rubber
band or bow or any other means shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. A-320 §1, 11-12-2001]
A. Any
person who, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or to cause
violence to persons or property, commits any of the following acts
shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
1. Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby any
person is placed in fear of safety of his/her life, limb or health.
2. Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby property
of any person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged.
3. Endangers lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, angry threats
and/or abusive conduct.
4. Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct
so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another.
5. Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of
causing, provoking or engaging in any fight or brawl.
6. Jostles or roughly crowds or pushes any person in any public place.
7. Frequents any public place with intent to obtain money from another
by an illegal and fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice or device.
8. Assembles with another or others for the purpose of engaging in any
fraudulent scheme, device or trick to obtain any valuable thing in
any place or from any person in the City, or to aid or abet therein.
9. Any person who accosts or attempts to force his/her company upon
any person or attempts to pick up any person.
10. Uses "fighting words" directed towards another who becomes outraged
and thus creates turmoil.
11. Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of
doing bodily harm to another.
12. Any person, by acts of violence, interferes with another's pursuit
of a lawful occupation.
13. Congregates with another or others in or on any public way so as
to halt the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to
clear such public way when ordered by a Peace Office or other lawful
authority.
14. Congregates with others on a public street and refuses to move on
when ordered by the Police.
15. By his/her actions causes a crowd to collect, except when lawfully
addressing such crowd.
16. Stations himself/herself on the public streets or follows pedestrians
for the purpose of soliciting alms, or who solicits alms on the public
streets unlawfully.
17. Causes a disturbance in any bus or other public conveyance by running
through it, climbing through windows or upon the seats, or otherwise
annoying passengers or employees therein.
18. Stands on sidewalks or street corners and makes insulting remarks
to or about passing pedestrians and/or motorists or annoys such pedestrians.
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.