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. 
Any person who, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned, commits any of the following acts shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
1. 
Uses offensive, disorderly, threatening, abusive or insulting language, conduct or behavior.
2. 
Acts in a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with, obstruct or be offensive to others or any lawful assemblage.
3. 
Causes loud and unreasonable noise, outside or inside a building, to the annoyance or disturbance of more than one (1) person.
4. 
Wanders, prowls or loiters upon the private property of another in the nighttime and peeks or peers in the door or window of any building or structure located thereon which is inhabited by human beings, without any visible or lawful business with the owners or occupants thereof.
B. 
Unreasonable noise, within the meaning of Subsection (A), if considering the nature and purpose of the person's conduct and the circumstances known to the person, including the nature of the location and the time of day or night, the person's conduct involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a law-abiding citizen would follow in the same situation or the failure to heed the admonition of a Police Officer that the noise is unreasonable and should be stopped or reduced.
C. 
The person 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:
1. 
Vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or
2. 
The free ingress or egress to or from a public or private place.
D. 
Any person violating any provision of this Section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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.
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this Section is designed to:
1. 
Prevent undue annoyance of City residents by being subjected to solicitation for monies.
2. 
Maximize the first amendment rights and physical safety of "panhandlers".
3. 
Set guidelines that people who truly require assistance may be helped.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following term shall have this prescribed meaning:
PANHANDLING
Any solicitation made in person requesting an immediate donation of money. Purchase of an item for an amount far exceeding its value, under circumstances where a reasonable person would understand that the purchase is in substance a donation, is a donation for the purpose of this Section. Panhandling does not include passively standing or sitting with a sign or other indication that one is seeking donations, without addressing any solicitation to any specific person other than in response to an inquiry by that person.
C. 
Time Of Panhandling. Any person who panhandles after sunset or before sunrise is guilty of a misdemeanor.
D. 
Place Of Panhandling. Any person who panhandles when the person solicited is in any of the following places is guilty of a misdemeanor:
1. 
At any bus stop or train stop;
2. 
In any public facility or public transportation vehicle;
3. 
In any vehicle on the street; or
4. 
On private property, unless the panhandler has permission from the owner or occupant.
E. 
Manner Of Panhandling. Any person who panhandles in any of the following manners is guilty of a misdemeanor:
1. 
By coming within three (3) feet of the person solicited, until that person has indicated that he does wish to make a donation;
2. 
By blocking the path of the person solicited along a sidewalk or street;
3. 
By following a person who walks away from the panhandler;
4. 
By using profane or abusive language, either during the solicitation or following a refusal;
5. 
By panhandling in a group of two (2) or more persons; or
6. 
By any statement, gesture or other communication which a reasonable person in the situation of the person solicited would perceive as a threat.
F. 
False Or Misleading Solicitation. Any person who knowingly makes any false or misleading representation in the course of soliciting a donation is guilty of a misdemeanor. False or misleading representations include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. 
Stating that the donation is needed to meet a specific need, when the solicitor already has sufficient funds to meet that need and does not disclose that fact;
2. 
Stating that the donation is needed to meet a need which does not exist;
3. 
Stating that the solicitor is from out of town and stranded, when that is not true;
4. 
Wearing a military uniform or other indication of military service, when the solicitor is neither a present nor former member of the service indicated;
5. 
Wearing or displaying an indication of physical disability, when the solicitor does not suffer the disability indicated;
6. 
Use of any makeup or device to simulate any deformity; or
7. 
Stating that the solicitor is homeless, when he/she is not.