No person, acting alone or in concert with others, may engage in disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct consists of any of the following:
(1) 
Behavior of a boisterous and tumultuous character in a residential area or a public place such that there is a clear and present danger of alarming persons where no legitimate reason for alarm exists.
(2) 
Interfering with the peaceful and lawful conduct of persons in or about their homes or public places under circumstances in which such conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance.
(3) 
Violent and forceful behavior at any time in or near a public place, such that there is a clear and present danger that free movement of other persons will be arrested or restrained, or other persons will be incapacitated in the lawful exercise of business or amusement.
(4) 
In a public or private place engaging in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct under circumstances in which such conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance.
(5) 
Willful and malicious behavior that interrupts the speaker of any lawful assembly or impairs the lawful right of others to participate effectively in such assembly or meeting when such conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance.
(6) 
Behavior near a courthouse or other public building wherein judicial proceedings are being held, designed or having the effect of interfering with the administration of justice, whether by disrupting the courts or by intimidating the judges, witnesses, jurors or other persons having business with the courts.
(7) 
Behavior near any public building wherein matters affecting the public are being considered or deliberated, designed or having the effect of interfering with such proceedings under circumstances in which such conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance.
(8) 
Willful and malicious behavior which obstructs or causes the obstruction of any doorway, hall, or any other passageway in a public building to such an extent that the employees, officers and other persons, including visitors and tourists, having business with the government are denied entrance into, exit from or free passage in such building.
(9) 
The discharge of a firearm within the city except in an approved shooting facility.
(1973 Code, sec. 19-4; 1991 Code, sec. 20-1; Ordinance 95-484, sec. 1, adopted 11/16/94; 2007 Code, sec. 28-1)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building or other structure, or within any warehouse or storage room or any unoccupied or abandoned dwelling, building or other structure, under such circumstances as to be accessible to children, any icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of 1-1/2 cubic feet or more and an opening of 50 square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with a latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid shut.
(b) 
Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each act done in violation hereof and each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable as such.
(1973 Code, sec. 19-6; 1991 Code, sec. 20-2; 2007 Code, sec. 28-2; Ordinance adopting 2022 Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person, in any manner, to interfere with, prevent or otherwise obstruct any officer or employee of this city in the performance of his official duties.
(1973 Code, sec. 19-8; 1991 Code, sec. 20-3; 2007 Code, sec. 28-3)
It shall be unlawful for any person when given a written promise to appear, or given a written notice by any police officer to appear before the municipal court of the city to answer for an offense against any law of this state, sections of this code or any ordinances of the city, to give an assumed or fictitious name or a false place of residence or address, or any other than his true name and the true place of his residence or address, upon the request of such officer.
(1973 Code, sec. 19-9; 1991 Code, sec. 20-4; 2007 Code, sec. 28-4)
No person, being called on by the chief of police or any other peace officer, shall refuse or fail to aid such officer in any manner in which, by law, he may be rightfully called on to aid or assist in the execution of a duty incumbent upon such officer.
(1973 Code, sec. 24-2; 1991 Code, sec. 23-4; 2007 Code, sec. 28-5)
It shall be unlawful for any person to window peep, spy upon or eavesdrop at or on any private residence in the city, or upon any hotel, tourist court, apartment or trailer house, whether such private residence, hotel, tourist court, apartment or trailer house is occupied by people or not; and it shall be no defense that such window peeper, eavesdropper or spy was not trespassing upon private property at the time of such window peeping, eavesdropping and spying.
(1973 Code, sec. 19-10; 1991 Code, sec. 20-5; 2007 Code, sec. 28-6)
When the city council shall have declared any thing, act or commission to be a nuisance and instructed the party guilty of maintaining or creating such nuisance to abate or remove the same within a designated reasonable time, and notice of such action shall have been served upon the party to be so charged, and he shall fail to obey the same within the time so reasonably designated, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1973 Code, sec. 19-12; 1991 Code, sec. 20-6; 2007 Code, sec. 28-7)
It shall be unlawful for any person, not employed to do so, to climb or ascend any water tower, windmill tower, telephone, telegraph, electric light or any other publicly or privately owned pole in the city.
(1973 Code, sec. 19-22; 1991 Code, sec. 20-7; 2007 Code, sec. 28-8)
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave or place upon or against any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole or electric light standard within the city any advertisement of any character or description.
(1973 Code, sec. 3-1; 1991 Code, sec. 3-1; 2007 Code, sec. 28-9)
It shall be unlawful for any person to tear down, deface or cover up any posted advertisement or bill of any person when the same is rightfully and lawfully posted and put up, during the time such sign or advertisement shall be of value, unless such person tears down, defaces or covers up the advertisement or bill with the permission of the owner thereof.
(1973 Code, sec. 3-2; 1991 Code, sec. 3-2; 2007 Code, sec. 28-10)
(a) 
Purpose.
The purpose of this section is to establish reasonable regulations for the use of recreational vehicles. This section is not intended to allow what state law prohibits; rather, this law is intended to improve the safety of persons living in residential areas and the safety of persons operating recreational vehicles, and to reduce the noise incident to operation of recreational vehicles, and to prevent a public nuisance.
(b) 
Definition.
As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise, “recreational vehicle” means any self-propelled motorized vehicle used for recreational purposes including any all-terrain vehicle (ATV), go-cart, motor scooter, moped, trail bike, or other similar vehicle being used for off-road recreational purposes.
(c) 
Permission for operation on land of another.
A person commits an offense if he operates a recreational vehicle on land not his own without the written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee of the land. Written permission may be given by posted notice that specifies the kind of vehicles allowed, such as “recreational vehicles allowed,” “trail bikes allowed,” “ATVs allowed,” or other similar language.
(d) 
Speed limit on publicly owned land.
A person commits an offense if the operates a recreational vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour on publicly owned land other than a public roadway.
(e) 
Operation on public property.
A person commits an offense if he operates a recreational vehicle on any public property, including public school grounds, park property, playgrounds, recreational areas, right-of-way, sidewalk, or on any portion of any highway, street or alley not ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, except in areas specifically designated for the use of such recreational vehicles.
(f) 
Defenses.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that:
(1) 
The recreational vehicle was operated by a public employee or public officer for law enforcement or other governmental purposes; or
(2) 
The person had the verbal permission of the owner or other person entitled to possession and control of the property and the person who granted verbal permission was present where and when the recreational vehicle was being operated.
(g) 
Any person violating any provision of this section, or failing to comply with any requirement of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day during or upon which such person shall violate or continue violation of any provision of this section or noncompliance with any requirement of this section shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
(Ordinance 09-671, sec. 1, adopted 6/25/09; 2007 Code, sec. 28-11)
(a) 
In this section:
Camp or camping
means to reside temporarily in a place, with shelter.
City park
means Hirsch Memorial Park, Uptown Park, Schott Park, Timberwood Park or any other park owned by the city.
Designated area
means a public place at which the officer or agency having the legal duty or authority to manage the place has either:
(1) 
Posted signs that specifically allow camping; or
(2) 
Issued a written permit to the person specifically allowing camping.
Downtown
means that area bounded by McKay Drive, FM 1960, Wilson Road, and Will Clayton Parkway.
Shelter
includes a tent, tarpaulin, lean-to, sleeping bag, bedroll, blankets, or any form of temporary, semipermanent, or permanent shelter, other than clothing or any handheld device, designed to protect a person from weather conditions that threaten personal health and safety.
(b) 
A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly camps in a public place, in downtown or in any city park.
(c) 
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person was camping in a designated area.
(d) 
The actor’s intent or knowledge may be established through evidence of activities associated with sustaining a living accommodation that are conducted in a public place, including:
(1) 
Cooking;
(2) 
Making a fire;
(3) 
Storing personal belongings for an extended period;
(4) 
Digging; or
(5) 
Sleeping.
(Ordinance 21-911 adopted 12/9/21)