As used in this Article, the following
terms mean:
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to
the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
Any property in which the person does not have a possessory
interest.
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.
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.
PUBLIC PLACE
Definition. The following term shall be
defined as follows:
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.
[1]
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.
OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES
FUNERAL and BURIAL SERVICE
Definitions. As used in this Section, the
following terms mean:
Any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or
disturb a funeral or 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.
C.
The offense of unlawful funeral protest
shall be an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.220; CC 1994 § 37.219; Ord. No. 342-00 § 1, 10-10-2000; Ord. No. 345-00 § 1, 11-14-2000]
A.
A person shall be guilty of disorderly
conduct if he/she willfully commits any of the following acts:
1.
Engages in fighting which causes,
or is likely to cause, immediate pain, illness or any impairment of
physical condition to any person.
2.
Obstructs, either singly or together
with other persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or
the free ingress or egress to or from a public place, and refuses
to clear such public way when ordered to do so by the City Police
or other lawful authority.
3.
By an act other than speech, resists,
interferes with or obstructs a Police Officer or other authorized
official of the City, in the discharge of his or her official duties.
4.
Enters, without permission from a
Police Officer, the Fire Chief or other person specifically authorized
by the Fire Chief to grant permission hereunder, an area within three
hundred (300) feet of a fire or other emergency to which the Fire
Department has been called or has responded, or crosses, without such
permission, any other perimeter established by authorized City personnel
or officials at such fire or other emergency.
5.
Addresses abusive or obscene language
or gestures, or threats, to any member of the Police Department, to
any other authorized official of the City engaged in the performance
of his or her duties, or to any other person, when such language,
gestures, or threats are uttered or made in a face-to-face manner
to a specific individual under such circumstances as to have a direct
tendency to cause an immediate violent response by a reasonable recipient.
6.
Makes or causes to be made any loud
and unreasonable noise near to any public highway, road, street, lane,
alley, park, square or common, whereby the public peace is broken
or disturbed.
7.
With intent to cause public inconvenience,
annoyance or alarm or recklessly creating a risk thereof, congregates
with other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a
lawful order of a Police Officer to disperse.
8.
Urinates or defecates either in a
public place or within sight of a public place, except in a restroom,
bathroom or other facility designed to retain or dispose of human
wastes.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.230; CC 1994 § 37.220]
[R.O. 2016 § 210.255; Ord. No. 258-99 §§ 1
— 2, 3-9-1999]
A.
Possession By Minors Prohibited. It shall
be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess
a laser pointer except in the residence of that person.
B.
Sale To Minors Prohibited. It shall be
unlawful for any person to sell a laser pointer to any person under
the age of eighteen (18).
C.
Use Outside Of Buildings Prohibited. It
shall be unlawful for any person to use a laser pointer in such a
manner that the laser beam illuminates on any person, animal, object
or place located outside the building where the person using the laser
pointer is located.
D.
Illumination Of Persons Prohibited. It
shall be unlawful for any person to use a laser pointer in such a
manner that the laser beam illuminates on any person.
E.
Illumination Of Vehicle Operators Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use a laser pointer in such
a manner that the laser beam illuminates the operator of a motor vehicle.
F.
Illumination Of Law Enforcement Officer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use a laser pointer in such
a manner that the laser beam illuminates a uniformed Law Enforcement
Officer.
G.
Use In Public Places Prohibited. It shall
be unlawful for any person located on the public right-of-way, street,
alley, public park, or private parking lot accessible to the public
to use a laser pointer.
H.
Defined. For purpose of this Section, a
laser pointer is any device which contains a small diode laser that
emits an intense beam of light, including but not limited to Class
2 lasers, Class 3a lasers, Class 3b lasers, and Class 4 lasers.
I.
Penalty. Any person who violates any of
the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an offense
punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
and/or up to ninety (90) days in the County Jail.
