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.
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.
[R.O. 1997 §§215.261 — 215.262; Ord. No. 97-1224 §1, 4-21-1997]
A. A persons commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the
purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly
creating the risk thereof, he/she:
1.
Engages in fighting or in violent threatening, or tumultuous
behavior;
2.
Makes unreasonable or excessive noise;
3.
In a public place, uses abusive or obscene language, or makes
an obscene gesture, in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly
response;
4.
Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons;
5.
Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic;
6.
Congregates with two (2) other persons in a public place and
refuses to comply with a lawful order to disperse of a Law Enforcement
Officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law;
or
7.
In a public place urinates or defecates.
B. Disorderly Conduct Definitions. For the purpose of Subsection
(A), the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
OBSCENE
To the average person, applying contemporary community standards,
the dominant theme of the act or language is considered offensive
or is likely to provoke a violent or angry reaction.
OBSCENE GESTURE
Any hand or other gesture which is considered obscene or
is likely to provoke a violent or angry reaction.
PUBLIC PLACE
A publicly or privately owned place to which the public or
a substantial number of people have access.
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.
[R.O. 1997 §215.320; CC 1989 §11-23; Ord. No. 522 §§1 — 2, 9-6-1943]
A. The term "sound system" as used in this Section shall mean any radio,
jukebox, or any mechanical device used for the purpose of creating
and transmitting sound, whether musical or otherwise.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person, without a permit from the City,
to operate a loudspeaker or sound system, whether mechanical, electrical
or otherwise, upon the streets of the City, or within the City limits,
so that the sound therefrom may be heard and distinguished for a distance
of more than one hundred (100) feet from the place where such loudspeaker
or sound system is situated.