[CC 1990 § 21-71; Ord. No. 648 §§ 1 — 2, 2-3-1992; Ord. No. 746 §§ 1 —
2, 12-21-1992; Ord. No.
1048 § 1, 7-17-1995]
A. Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following words
and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
by this Section:
EVENTS
a.
Includes parties or gatherings of people who have assembled
or are assembling for a specific occasion or for a social activity.
b.
Person responsible for the event is the person in charge of
the premises and/or the person who organized the event. If the person
in charge of the event or who organized the event is a minor, then
the parents or guardians of the minor will be jointly and severally
liable for the acts of the minor and considered "persons responsible."
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time is not open to the public. It
includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PUBLIC PLACE
a.
Any place that at the time is open to the public. It includes
property which is owned publicly or privately.
b.
If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied
units, such units are separate premises.
B. Peace Disturbance.
1.
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if:
a.
He/she unreasonably and knowingly causes alarm to another person
or persons not necessarily physically on the same premises by:
(1) Personally abusive language addressed in a face-to-face
manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances such
that the words have a direct tendency to cause an immediate fearful
or violent response by a reasonable recipient;
(2) Tending to incite a fight; or
b.
He/she is in a public place or on private property of another
with or without consent and unreasonably and knowingly causes alarm
to another person or persons by:
(1) Personally abusive language addressed in a face-to-face
manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances such
that the words have a direct tendency to cause an immediate fearful
or violent response by a reasonable recipient;
(2) Tending to incite a fight;
c.
He/she is a "person responsible" for an "event(s)" and:
(1) Sound caused by those present at such event(s)
is audible beyond the property lines of their residence during such
event(s); or
(2) The behavior of those present at such event(s)
is such that a reasonable person would be alarmed or fearful for the
safety of either person(s) or property.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit an act of peace
disturbance.
[CC 1990 § 21-73; Ord. No. 72 § 1, 6-1-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a radio, phonograph,
loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other device at any time with volume
louder than necessary for convenient hearing of persons in the room,
vehicle, chamber or outside of any enclosed structure where used.
Audibility at a distance of more than one hundred (100) feet from
such device between 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. is prima facie evidence
of a violation of this Section.
[CC 1990 § 21-74; Ord. No. 72 § 2, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 3221, 1-17-2023]
A permit from the Chief of Police must be obtained for an outdoor event where the volume must exceed that established in Section
210.670. The Chief shall issue the permit if the peace would not be unduly disturbed thereby. No applicant shall be granted, or if already granted, renewed, a license if the premises to be licensed is in violation of Chapter
215 or Chapter
405 of the City of Chesterfield Municipal Code.
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.