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)