§ 13-1-30. Disorderly conduct.  


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  • (a)

    A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:

    (1)

    in any street, highway, public building, or while in or on a public conveyance, or public place, engages in conduct having a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, such conduct is directed; provided, however, such conduct shall not be deemed to include the utterance or display of any words,

    (2)

    willfully, or being intoxicated, whether willfully or not, disrupts any meeting of the city council or any department, agency, board or commission of this city, or of any school, literary society or place of religious worship, if this, disruption prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting or has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, this disruption is directed; provided, however, such conduct shall not be deemed to include the utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise made punishable under this chapter.

    (3)

    urinates or defecates in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view or upon the surface of the ground or upon any premises, lot or in any building, basement or in any public street, or into any standing water, stream or excavation or public place other than a proper toilet or portable toilet:

    (4)

    causes, provokes, engages in or congregates with another or others for the purpose of engaging in any fight, brawl or riot so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another or public property wherever located;

    (5)

    utters any lewd or obscene words or epithets in an unreasonably loud manner, or disturbs the public peace or quiet by loud and boisterous conduct. For purposes of this subsection, the term "loud and boisterous conduct" means an activity and noise of sufficient volume, intensity and duration so as to annoy or disturb unreasonably the comfort, health, welfare and environment, place or safety of persons in any office, dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any person in the city.

    (b)

    The person in charge of any such building, place, conveyance or meeting may eject therefrom any person who violates any provisions of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who may be called upon for such purpose.

    (c)

    Anyone convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. (Code 1981, Sec. 13-1-30, as amended by Ord. No. 2534, 12/13/80; Ord. No. 2826, 6/28/83, Sec. 24; Ord. No. 3017, 2/23/85, Sec. 2)