Chapter 9.20
DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Sections:
9.20.010 Disorderly conduct at fires.
9.20.020 Drinking in public places.
9.20.010 Disorderly conduct at fires.
1. No person at or near a fire shall obstruct or impede fighting of the fire, interfere with Fire Department personnel or Fire Department apparatus, behave in a disorderly manner or refuse to observe promptly any order of a member of the Fire or Police Department.
2. For purposes of this section, members of the Fire Department are endowed with the same powers of arrest as are conferred on peace officers for violations of City ordinances. [Ord. 688 § 2, 1995.]
9.20.020 Drinking in public places.
Except as stated in HMC 9.55.120, no person shall drink or consume alcoholic liquor in or on a street, alley, mall, parking lot or structure, motor vehicle, public grounds or other public place unless the place has been licensed for that purpose by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. [Ord. 904, 2012; Ord. 688 § 3, 1995.]
9.20.030 Unreasonable noise.
1. No person shall create or assist in creating or permit the continuance of unreasonable noise in the City. The following enumeration of violations of this section is not exclusive but is illustrative of some unreasonable noises:
a. Keeping an animal that, by loud and frequent continued noise, disturbs the comfort and repose of a person in the vicinity.
b. Using an engine, thing or device that is so loaded, out of repair or operated in such a manner as to create a loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
c. Using a mechanical device operated by compressed air, steam or otherwise, unless the noise created by it is effectively muffled.
d. Construction, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of a building between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except by special permit granted by the City.
e. Using or operating an automatic or electric piano, phonograph, loudspeaker or sound-amplifying device so loudly that it disturbs persons in its vicinity, or in a manner that makes it a public nuisance. However, on application to the City Council, permits may be granted to broadcast music, news, speeches or general entertainment.
2. Nothing herein is intended to limit constitutionally protected speech. [Ord. 906 § 1, 2012; Ord. 688 § 4, 1995.]
9.20.040 Public indecency.
No person, while in view by the public or from a public place, shall perform:
1. An act of sexual intercourse.
2. An act of exposing his genitals with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of himself or another person.
3. An act of urination or defecation, except in toilets provided for that purpose. [Ord. 906 § 1, 2012; Ord. 688 § 21, 1995.]