Chapter 9.20
OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE
Sections:
9.20.020 Fighting – Threatening.
9.20.030 Throwing objects prohibited.
9.20.010 Noise.
It is a class C misdemeanor for any person to disturb the peace or quiet of any neighborhood, family, or person by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous or offensive conduct. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-03-201, 1987.]
9.20.020 Fighting – Threatening.
It is a class C misdemeanor for any person to threaten physical force against another person or to challenge, invite or engage in a fight. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-03-202, 1987.]
9.20.030 Throwing objects prohibited.
Every person who willfully or carelessly throws any stone, stick, snowball, or other missile whereby an person is hit or any window broken or other property injured or destroyed, in such manner as to render travel upon the public streets and places dangerous, or in such manner as to frighten or annoy any traveler, is guilty of an infraction. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-03-203, 1987.]
9.20.040 Vulgar language.
It shall be a class C misdemeanor for any person to use vulgar, profane, or indecent language in any church, school, public school grounds, or public park. [Amended during 2013 codification; Ord. 87-34 § 13-03-204, 1987.]
9.20.050 Loitering.
(1) A person is guilty of loitering if he appears at a place or at a time under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity, and upon inquiry by a law enforcement official, he fails to give a reasonably credible account of his identity, conduct, or purposes.
(2) No person shall be convicted under this section if the explanation he gave of his conduct and purposes was true and, if believed by the law enforcement official at the time, would have dispelled the alarm.
(3) Loitering is an infraction. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-07-103, 1987.]