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. 
Definition. The following term shall be defined as follows:
PUBLIC PLACE
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.
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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.
[R.O. 2003 § 210.250; CC 1997 § 120.010; Ord. No. 991-02 Arts. I — II, 11-25-2002; Ord. No. 1078-09 Art. I § 1, Art. II §§ 1–3, 4-13-2009]
A. 
The City hereby adopts and will enforce this policy prohibiting the use of excessive force by Law Enforcement Agencies within its jurisdiction against any individual engaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations. The City also prohibits the physical barring of any entrance or exit to such a facility and will enforce all applicable State laws in this regard.
B. 
Violations And Penalties.
1. 
Any person charged with a violation of any provision of this resolution will be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation.
2. 
Any person convicted of this violation shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, and shall be fined an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. Each day on which such violation occurs shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
3. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this resolution shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.
[R.O. 2003 § 210.260; Ord. No. 923-99 §§ 75.200 — 75.201, 4-12-1999]
A. 
Loitering Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
LOITERING
Remaining idle in essentially one (1) location and shall include the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger; to stay; to saunter; to delay; to stand around and shall also include the colloquial expression "hanging around."
PUBLIC PLACE
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, areas or parks.
B. 
Loitering — Police Order To Disperse. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone and/or 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 interrupted 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 or thereto.
C. 
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in Subsection (B) herein, 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 to obey such order shall be guilty of a violation of this Section.
[Ord. No. 1042-05 § 1, 7-11-2005]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any individual to play any radio, television, or any device made to play cassettes, records, compact discs, audio and/or video tapes, loud speaker or any similar device so that it emits a sound that can be heard one hundred (100) feet or more from the device. This includes any of the aforementioned devices that are mounted in motor vehicles, boats, trucks, bicycles, carried on one's person or placed in a building, to include private residences, apartments, places of business and similar structures.
B. 
A Police Officer may issue a Uniform Traffic Ticket (UTT) to the individual responsible for any such device emitting sound in violation of Subsection (A) above, including the driver of a motor vehicle, or the first registered owner of the vehicle, the owner of record or a resident of a residence or apartment, the proprietor of a business or the person who is in physical control of any such device.
C. 
In the event that any such device is located in a motor vehicle, boat, bicycle, ATV, or other means of conveyance and the owner or operator cannot be located or denies ownership, a Police Officer may tow the motor vehicle, boat, bicycle, ATV, or other means of conveyance at the owner's expense.
D. 
A Police Officer may seize any motor vehicle, boat, truck, bicycle, or any other device, and have same towed and stored at the owner's expense for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours, which was used in violation of this Section by an individual who previously has been convicted or plead guilty or who has a noise disturbance charge pending.
E. 
This Section shall not apply to licensed carnivals, religious services, rodeos, noise emitted by machinery during its normal operation, emergency vehicles or noise emitted under similar circumstances, Gallatin School District activities, activities associated with business or commercial locations in an appropriately zoned district where the activities are inside the structure.
F. 
Permits Authorized. Any individual, business and organization may apply for a permit that will allow for an outside event where noise generated may otherwise be in violation of this Section. The office of the City Clerk or designee in his or her discretion may issue such permit. Such permit shall identify the applicant and duration of the event.