[RSMo. §574.010]
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.
[RSMo. §574.020]
[RSMo. §574.030]
For the purposes of Sections 210.210 and 210.215, the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
Any place which at the time is not open to the public. It
includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the actor does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which at the time is open to the public. It includes
property which is owned publicly or privately.
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If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied
units, such units are separate premises.
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[Ord. No. 1474 §1, 9-13-2012]
A.
A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose
of causing public danger, alarm, disorder, nuisance, or if his conduct
is likely to cause public danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance, he
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 life, 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.
Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation
by acts of violence;
5.
Obstructs, either singly 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;
6.
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;
7.
Incites, attempts to incite, or is involved in attempting to
incite a riot;
8.
Addresses abusive language, obscene gestures, or threats to
any member of the City Police Department, any other authorized official
of the City who is engaged in the lawful performance of his duties,
or any other person when such words have a direct tendency to cause
acts of violence. Words merely causing displeasure, annoyance or resentment
are not prohibited;
9.
Damages, befouls, or disturbs public property or the property
of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy, or physically offensive
condition;
10.
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;
11.
Fails to obey a 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;
12.
No person shall discharge a paint gun, throw any stone, brickbat,
ball or missile or use a slingshot or other device to cause an object
to be thrown, shot or slung toward another person(s) or property within
the City without the prior consent of said person; nor shall any person
use any of the above devices to cause any object to be thrown toward
or propelled toward a moving vehicle within the City limits.
13.
No person shall lay or cause to be laid or deposited upon any
roadway any object which may damage a motor vehicle, in any way impair
the driver's vision or startle the vehicle's operator.
B.
Exemptions. This Section 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.
C.
INCITE A RIOT
PUBLIC PLACE
RIOT
1.
2.
Definitions. The following words when used in this
Section shall have the meanings set out herein:
Means, but is not limited to, urging or instigating other
persons to riot, but shall not be deemed to mean the mere oral or
written:
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.
A public disturbance involving:
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
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.
D.
Violation. Any person who violates the terms of
this Section and either enters a plea of guilty or is found guilty
of a violation of this Section shall, upon conviction, be fined no
more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the County
Jail for up to ninety (90) days or by both fine and imprisonment.
[RSMo. §578.502, 2006]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to engage in picketing or other protest
activities within three hundred (300) feet of or about any location
at which a funeral is held, within one (1) hour prior to the commencement
of any funeral, and until one (1) hour following the cessation of
any funeral. Each day on which a violation occurs shall constitute
a separate offense.
B.
For
the purposes of this Section, "funeral" means the
ceremonies, processions and memorial services held in connection with
the burial or cremation of the dead.
[RSMo. §574.040]
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.
[RSMo. §574.050]
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.
[1]
Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can
be a felony under state law.
[RSMo. §574.060]
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 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:
1.
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;
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.
[R.O. 2006 §215.100; CC 1986 §75.120]
A.
A person
commits the offense of vagrancy when he/she is:
1.
Found loitering or strolling in, about or upon any street, alley
or other public way or public place or at any public gathering or
assembly or in or around any store, shop or business or commercial
establishment or on any private property or place without lawful business
and who upon being ordered to move on about his/her business fails
to do so.
2.
Found to occupy, lodge or sleep in any vacant or unoccupied barn,
garage, shed, shop or other building or structure or in any automobile,
truck, railroad car or other vehicle without owning the same or without
permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession of the
same or sleeping in any vacant lot during the hours of darkness and
not giving a reasonable explanation for his/her behavior.
3.
Found to be begging or going from door to door of private homes or
commercial and business establishments or places himself/herself in
or upon any public way or public place to beg or receive alms for
his/her own use.
