[RSMo. §574.010 ; Ord. No. 12192016C § I, 12-19-2016]
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:
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
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.
3.
Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this Section
shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be subject to a fine not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)
for the first municipal ordinance violation, two hundred seventy-five
dollars ($275.00) for the second municipal ordinance violation, three
hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the third municipal ordinance
violation, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for the fourth
and any subsequent municipal ordinance violations, for offenses committed
within a twelve-month period; and incarceration for a term not to
exceed ninety (90) days.
[RSMo. §574.020Ord. No. 12192016C § II, 12-19-2016]
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
B. For purposes of this Section, if a building or structure is divided
into separately occupied units, such units are separate premises.
C. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be subject to a fine not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for
the first municipal ordinance violation, two hundred seventy-five
dollars ($275.00) for the second municipal ordinance violation, three
hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the third municipal ordinance
violation, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for the fourth
and any subsequent municipal ordinance violations, for offenses committed
within a twelve-month period; and incarceration for a term not to
exceed ninety (90) days.
[RSMo. §574.030]
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
Any place which at the time is open to the public. It includes
property which is owned publicly or privately.
If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied
units, such units are separate premises.
[Ord. No. 11012021A, 11-1-2021]
A. A person commits the offense of domestic assault if the act involves
a "domestic victim," as defined in Section 565.002, RSMo.; and
1.
The person attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury,
physical pain, or illness to such domestic victim; or
2.
With criminal negligence the person causes physical injury to
such domestic victim by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument;
or
3.
The person purposely places such domestic victim in apprehension
of immediate physical injury by any means; or
4.
The person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial
risk of death or serious physical injury to such domestic victim;
or
5.
The person knowingly causes physical contact with the domestic
victim knowing the other person will regard the contact as offensive;
or
6.
The person knowingly attempts to cause or causes the isolation
of such domestic victim by unreasonably and substantially restricting
or limiting their access to other persons, telecommunication devices
or transportation for the purpose of isolation.
[RSMo. §565.070Ord. No. 12192016C § III, 12-19-2016]
A. A person commits the offense of assault if:
1.
The person attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury,
physical pain or illness to another person;
2.
With criminal negligence the person causes physical injury to
another person by means of a firearm;
3.
The person purposely places another person in apprehension of
immediate physical injury;
4.
The person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial
risk of death or serious physical injury to another person;
5.
The person knowingly causes or attempts to cause physical contact
with a person with a disability, which a reasonable person, who does
not have a disability, would consider offensive or provocative; or
6.
The person knowingly causes physical contact with another person
knowing the other person will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.
B. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be subject to a fine not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for
the first municipal ordinance violation, two hundred seventy-five
dollars ($275.00) for the second municipal ordinance violation, three
hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the third municipal ordinance
violation, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for the fourth
and any subsequent municipal ordinance violations, for offenses committed
within a twelve-month period; and incarceration for a term not to
exceed ninety (90) days.
[Ord. No. 091906 §1, 9-19-2006; Ord. No. 030309 §1, 3-3-2009; Ord. No. 12192016C § IV, 12-19-2016]
A person commits the offense of harassment if he/she, without
good cause, engages in any act with the purpose to cause emotional
distress to another person.
[RSMo. § 574.050; Ord. No. 12192016C § V, 12-19-2016]
A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
[Ord. No. 062094D §§3 — 4, 6-20-1994; Ord. No. 100200C §1, 10-2-2000]
A. Any
person who shall do or engage in any of the following shall be guilty
of disorderly conduct and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:
[Ord. No. 11012021B, 11-1-2021]
1.
Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby
any person is placed in fear of the safety of their life, limb, or
health.
2.
Any person who shall act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward
another, whereby property of any person is placed in danger of being
destroyed or damaged.
3.
Any person who shall endanger lawful pursuits of another by
acts of violence, angry threats, and abusive conduct.
4.
Any person who shall cause, provoke, or engage in any fight,
brawl, or riotous conduct so as to endanger life, limb, health, or
property of another.
5.
Any person who shall assemble or congregate with another or
others for the purpose of causing, provoking, or engaging in any fight
or brawl.
6.
Any person who shall be found jostling or roughly crowding or
pushing any person in any public place.
7.
Any person who shall collect in bodies or in crowds, for any
unlawful purposes, as defined by current ordinances of the City.
8.
Any person who shall assemble or congregate with another or
others for the purpose of or with the intent to engage in illegal
gaming.
9.
Any person who shall frequent any public place with intent to
obtain money from another by any illegal and fraudulent scheme, trick,
artifice, or device.
10.
Any person who assembles with another or others for the purpose
of engaging in any fraudulent scheme, device, or trick to obtain any
valuable thing in any place, or from any person in the City, or who
shall aid or abet.
11.
Any person who shall accost or attempt to force their company
upon any person or attempt to pick up any person against that person's
will.
12.
Any person who utters, while in a state of anger, in the presence
of another, any bawdy, lewd, or obscene words or epithets.
13.
Any person who frequents any place where illegal gaming or the
illegal sale or possession of alcoholic beverages or narcotics or
dangerous drugs is practiced, allowed or tolerated.
14.
Any person who shall act in a dangerous manner toward others.
15.
Any person who shall use fighting words directed towards any
person who becomes outraged and thus creates turmoil.
16.
Any person who shall assemble or congregate with another or
others for the purpose of trouncing upon another.
17.
Any person who shall, by acts of violence, interfere with another's
pursuit of a lawful occupation.
18.
Any person who shall congregate with another or others in or
on any public way, so as to halt the flow of vehicular or pedestrian
traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered by a Law
Enforcement Officer or other lawful authority.
19.
Any person in a public place under the influence of an intoxicating
liquor or drug in such condition as to be unable to exercise care
for his/her own safety or the safety of others under his/her care.
B. Exemptions. This Section 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.
D. Violation. Any person who violates the terms of
this Section and either enters a plea of guilty or is found guilty
of a violation of this Section shall, upon conviction, be fined not
less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)
for the first violation, two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00)
for the second violation, three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for
the third violation, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for
the fourth and any subsequent violations, for offenses committed within
a twelve-month period; or be imprisoned in the County Jail for up
to ninety (90) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 12052016 § VI, 12-5-2016]