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/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. 
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/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 300-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.
[CC 1993 § 75.055; Ord. No. 2870, 9-14-1998]
No person shall operate a radio, record, tape player, CD player, television or any other sound-producing instrument or apparatus so as to produce a sound which is clearly audible at a public place a distance of more than fifty (50) feet from the source thereof. As used herein, the phrase "public place" shall have the meaning provided in Section 210.660.
[CC 1993 § 75.110]
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.
[CC 1993 § 75.200]
As used in this Section and Section 210.780, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
LOITERING
Remaining idle in essentially one 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.
[CC 1993 § 75.201]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone and/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 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.
B. 
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in Subsection (A) 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 or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this Section.
[CC 1993 § 75.210(A); Ord. No. 2832, 12-9-1996]
A. 
A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if he/she:
1. 
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.
2. 
Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic so as to interfere with the rights of others by an act which serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender, and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by any Law Enforcement Officer or other lawful authority known to be such;
3. 
Fails to obey a lawful order to disburse by a Law Enforcement Officer, when known to be such a Law Enforcement Officer, 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;
4. 
In addition to those instances addressed by Sections 574.060, 575.030, 575.150 and 575.160, RSMo., willfully fails or refuses to comply with any lawful order or direction of a Law Enforcement Officer in the discharge of his/her official duties or hinders, resists, obstructs or otherwise interferes with the discharge of those duties when the person exercising those duties is known to be a Law Enforcement Officer;
5. 
Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby that other is placed in danger of his/her life, limb, or health; or
6. 
Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation by acts of violence.
[CC 1993 § 75.212; Ord. No. 2832, 12-9-1996]
Section 210.790 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.
A. 
A person commits the offense of interference with a first responder if:
1. 
The person has received a verbal warning not to approach from a person that he or she knows or reasonably should know to be a first responder;
2. 
The first responder is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty; and
3. 
The person knowingly and willfully violates the verbal warning and approaches within twenty (20) feet of the first responder with the intent to:
a. 
Impede or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform his or her legal duty;
b. 
Threaten the first responder with physical harm;
c. 
Engage in a course of conduct directed at a first responder which serves no legitimate purpose.
B. 
As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (AEMT)
A person who has successfully completed a course of instruction in certain aspects of advanced life support care as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and is licensed by the Department in accordance with Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and rules and regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
A person licensed in emergency medical care in accordance with standards prescribed by Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and by rules adopted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
FIREFIGHTER
Any officer or employee of a Fire Department or Fire Protection District who is employed for the purpose of fighting fires, but does not include anyone employed in a clerical or other capacity not involving fire-fighting duties.
FIRST RESPONDER
Any Law Enforcement Officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician.
PARAMEDIC
A person who has successfully completed a course of instruction in advanced life support care as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and is licensed by the Department in accordance with Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo., and rules adopted by the Department pursuant to Sections 190.001 to 190.245, RSMo.
C. 
This Section shall have no impact on an individual's first amendment rights, and shall not restrict the ability to observe or record first responders.