ARTICLE VI.
MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES

Sec. 7-201 False reports of crimes.

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to give false information to a police officer concerning a crime or reported crime.

(Ord. No. 146, 3-13-72)

Sec. 7-202 Interference with city officers or employees.

It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, hamper or harass any city officer or employee who is engaged in the official performance of his duties.

Sec. 7-203 Injuring, destroying, etc., city property.

It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or willfully destroy, injure, or deface any property owned, used or leased by the city without the consent of the city.

Sec. 7-204 Curfew for minors.

(a) It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to remain in or upon any street, alley, public place or other area open to the public within the city limits between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday, unless such minor is accompanied by a parent, guardian or an adult having supervisory authority, or is on an emergency errand or has been specifically directed to the location on reasonable legitimate business or some other activity by a parent, guardian or adult having supervisory authority.

(b) It is unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the legal care and custody of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to allow or permit such child to remain upon any street, alley or public place, or other area open to the public within the city limits between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday, unless such minor is accompanied by a parent, guardian, or an adult having supervisory authority, or is on an emergency errand or has been specifically directed to the location on reasonable legitimate business or some other activity by a parent, guardian or adult having supervisory authority.

(c) In the event that minors subject to this section are required for employment purposes to be upon any street, alley, public place or other area open to the public during curfew hours, they shall have in their possession proof of employment and written permission from a parent, legal guardian, or custodian.

(d) A violation of this section shall be a petty offense, punishable by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00).

(Supp. 1970, § 13-20; Ord. No. 586, 10-7-85; Ord. No. 1216, § 1, 4-5-99)

Sec. 7-205 Discharge of weapons.

(a) Definitions.

(1) Deadly weapon means anything designed for lethal use. The term includes firearms, explosives, bow and arrow, crossbows, and prohibited weapons as defined in A.R.S. section 13-3101. Deadly weapon does not include blasting under controlled conditions by a person or entity with lawful authority to blast.

(2) Peace officers means any person vested by law with a duty to maintain public order and make arrests.

(3) Firearm means any loaded or unloaded pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other weapon which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or compressed gas, including air which is compressed through pump action, except that it does not include a firearm in permanently inoperable condition.

(4) Open season is as defined in A.R.S. section 17-101(A)12.

(5) Licensed means a person that holds a valid permit, license or other lawful authority to hunt, issued by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

(6) Hunting area means an area recommended and approved by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.

(7) Discharge means to expel a projectile from a deadly weapon.

(8) A properly supervised and designated range for purposes of this section means a range operated by a club affiliated with the National Rifle Association of America, the Amateur Trapshooting Association, the National Skeet Association, or any other nationally recognized shooting organization, any agency of the federal government, State of Arizona, County of Mohave, City of Kingman, or any public or private school, and, in the case of air or carbon dioxide gas operated guns, or underground ranges on private or public property, such ranges may be operated with adult supervision.

(b) Discharge of deadly weapons or firearms.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a deadly weapon or firearm within the limits of the city except:

a. As allowed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 13, Arizona Revised Statutes.

b. On a properly supervised range.

c. In a hunting area as recommended and approved by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and in an open season, by a licensed person, and is not within one-quarter of a mile of an occupied structure, but any such area may be closed at any time when deemed unsafe by the chief of police, or the Director of the Game and Fish Department.

d. For the control of nuisance wildlife by permit from the Arizona Game and Fish Department or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

e. By special permit of the Kingman chief of police.

f. As required by an animal control officer in the performance of duties as specified in A.R.S. section 9-499.04.

g. Peace officers in the performance of their official duties.

(2) Subsection (b)(1) of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting private property owners, or their invitees, from engaging in bow and arrow or crossbow target practice on the private property, at their own risk and in a reasonably safe manner, under adult supervision.

(3) Subsection (b)(1) of this section shall not be construed as violating any of the prohibitions as contained in Arizona Administrative Code section 12-4-110, with respect to state lands located within the City of Kingman.

(c) Penalty. A violation of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 408, § 4, 1-12-81; Ord. No. 412, 2-10-81; Ord. No. 717, 9-6-88; Ord. No. 944, 10-26-92; Ord. No. 1254, § 1, 5-15-2000; Ord. No. 1717, § 1, 9-6-11)

Sec. 7-206 Reserved.

Editor’s note: Ord. No. 1686, § 1, adopted Aug. 16, 2010, and effective Dec. 1, 2010, repealed § 7-206, concerning fireworks, as derived from Ord. No. 408, § 4, adopted Jan. 12, 1981, and Ord. No. 412, adopted Feb. 10, 1981.

Sec. 7-207 Reserved.

Editor’s note: Ord. No. 1939, § 1, adopted April 5, 2022, repealed § 7-207, concerning smoking in enclosed public places and places of employment, as derived from Ord. No. 721, adopted Oct. 3, 1988.

Sec. 7-208 Loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise prohibited.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly or recklessly make or cause to be made or continued, within city limits, any loud or unnecessary or offensive noise or any noise which may reasonably be anticipated to annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, slumber, peace, health or safety of any reasonable person or persons of normal sensitivity, whether due to volume or duration or both.

(b) Special prohibitions on use or operation of sound-generating electrical devices. The knowing or reckless use or operation of any sound production or reproduction device, radio, musical instrument, drums, phonograph, stereo, television set, CD player, video recorder/player, loud speaker(s) or other similar device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet, slumber or comfort of any reasonable person of normal sensitivity in any area of the city is prohibited.

(c) Prima facie evidence of violations. Any of the following shall constitute evidence of a prima facie violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section:

(1) The operation of any such sound production or reproduction device, radio, musical instrument, drum set, phonograph, stereo, CD player, video recorder/player, loud speaker(s), or similar devices between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of twenty (20) feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located.

(2) The operation of any sound amplifier which is part of or connected to any radio, stereo receiver, compact disc player, cassette tape player or other similar device when operated in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of twenty (20) feet and when operated in such a manner as to cause a reasonable person to be aware of vibration accompanying the sound at a distance of twenty (20) feet from the source.

(d) Exemptions. The following are exempted from compliance with this section:

(1) Sounds generated from any government or emergency vehicle while engaged in necessary public business;

(2) Sounds generated from excavations or repairs of bridges, streets, highways or other public works projects by or on behalf of the city, county or state, day or at night, when the public welfare and convenience requires such work;

(3) Sounds resulting from reasonable use of construction vehicles, equipment and tools necessary to construction activity, but only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and sunset (this exemption does not pertain to the use of non-construction-related sound production or reproduction devices such as radios, stereos, loud speakers or other similar devices);

(4) Sounds generated from the reasonable use of amplifier(s) or loud speaker(s) in the course of public addresses which are noncommercial in character, and in which amplifiers or loud speaker(s) are not used in connection with any moving vehicle;

(5) A parade, special event or public assembly that has obtained a permit, up to the hour of 10:00 p.m.;

(6) Sounds from any emergency device, early warning system or civil defense device;

(7) A school- or city-sponsored sporting event or assembly, up to the hour of 10:00 p.m.;

(8) Any activity for which a city permit or license was issued, up to the hour of 10:00 p.m.;

(9) Sounds from equipment used to maintain landscaping on public or private property on a periodic basis, including lawnmowers, leaf blowers, edgers, hedge trimmers and similar types of equipment when used between 7:00 a.m. and sunset;

(10) Bells or chimes generated by nonprofit organizations such as churches, mosques and synagogues, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., so long as frequency is no more than once per hour for a duration of thirty (30) seconds or less and are not used in connection with any moving vehicle.

(e) Penalties. Penalties for violation of this section shall be in accordance with section 1-8, as may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 1323, §§ 1, 2, 1-7-02; Ord. No. 1712, §§ 1, 2, 8-2-11)

Sec. 7-209 Vehicles parked for sale.

(a) No person shall park or permit to be parked any motor vehicle, water craft, ATV, motorcycle, RV or trailer hereinafter for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale upon any right-of-way, lot or unimproved property within the city limits, whether publicly or privately owned. This section shall not apply to:

(1) The display on residential property of one (1) motor vehicle, water craft, ATV, motorcycle, RV, or trailer for sale when the motor vehicle is owned by the owners or resident of the property and the vehicle is not being sold in connection with any automobile sales business or consignment.

(2) The display of motor vehicles, water craft, ATVs, motorcycles, RVs, or trailers for sale on the property of a state licensed automobile sales business which is operating in conformance with local zoning and business permit requirements.

(3) The display of motor vehicles, water craft, ATVs, motorcycles, RVs, or trailers for sale on property not designated for use as an automobile sales business, but is doing so with a city approved “special use permit.”

(4) The display for sale of motor vehicles, water craft, ATVs, motorcycles, RVs, or trailers on commercial property or the property of another subject to the following conditions:

a. The owner of the motor vehicle, water craft, ATV, motorcycle, RV or trailer must obtain a permit from the City of Kingman, and present proof of ownership and written permission from the owner of the property;

b. No more than four (4) motor vehicles, water crafts, ATVs, motorcycles, RVs, or trailers may be sold per year per household;

c. The motor vehicle, water craft, ATV, motorcycle, RV, or trailer will not be displayed for sale except from dawn until dusk;

d. No more than one (1) motor vehicle, water craft, ATV, motorcycle, RV, or trailer may be displayed for sale on the same property at any given time.

(b) Penalties. Penalties for violation of this section shall be in accordance with section 1-8, as may be amended from time to time, of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Kingman.

(Ord. No. 1418, § 3, 3-1-04)

Sec. 7-210 Reserved.

Editor’s note: Ord. No. 1941, § 1, adopted April 5, 2022, repealed § 7-210, concerning sale of products containing pseudoephedrine, as derived from Ord. No. 1526, § 1, adopted Jan. 3, 2006.

Sec. 7-211 Urinating or defecating in public.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in a public place, or in any place exposed to public view, with the exception of an established lavatory or toilet.

(b) A violation of this section is a Class One misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 1722, § 1, 11-15-11)

Sec. 7-212 Reserved.

Editor’s note: Ord. No. 1940, § 1, adopted April 5, 2022, repealed § 7-210, concerning aggressive solicitation, as derived from Ord. No. 1786, § 1, adopted Nov. 4, 2014.