Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Chapter 9.16 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE
9.16.020 Disorderly conduct prohibited.
A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the
purpose of causing public danger, alarm, disorder, nuisance, or if his conduct
is likely to cause public danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance, he wilfully does
any of the following acts in a public place:
A. Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward
another whereby that other is placed in danger of his life, limb or
health;
B. 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;
C. Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous
conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health, or property of
another;
D. Interferes with another’s pursuit of a lawful
occupation by acts of violence;
E. Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons,
the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public way
when ordered to do so by the city police or other lawful authority known to
such;
F. Resists or obstructs the performance of duties by city
police or any other authorized officials of the city, when known to be such an
official;
G. Incites, attempts to incite, or is involved in attempting
to incite to riot;
H. Addresses abusive language or threats to any member of the
city police department, any other authorized official of the city who is engaged
in the lawful performance of his duties, or any other person when such words
have a direct tendency to cause acts of violence. Words merely causing
displeasure, annoyance or resentment are not prohibited;
I. Damages, befouls, or disturbs public property or the
property of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy, or physically
offensive condition;
J. Makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous and
unreasonable noise or disturbance to the annoyance of any other persons nearby,
or near to any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park, square or
common, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed, or the travelling
public annoyed, with the intent to cause such disturbance or annoyance, or which
acts or actions are likely to cause such disturbance or annoyance;
K. Fails to obey a lawful order to disperse by a police
officer, when known to be such an official, where one or more persons are
committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity, and the public
health and safety is imminently threatened. (Ord. 474 § 7, 1986; Ord. 473
§ § 71, 74, 1986; Ord. 337 § 2, 1977)