Chapter 9A.44
PUBLIC DISTURBANCES
Sections:
9A.44.030 FAILURE TO DISPERSE.
9A.44.050 MISCHIEF ON BRIDGES.
9A.44.060 UNLAWFUL TRANSIT CONDUCT.
9A.44.065 URINATING IN PUBLIC.
9A.44.080 INTRODUCING CONTRABAND IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
9A.44.120 PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR INTERFERENCE.
9A.44.130 INTERFERENCE WITH A HEALTH CARE FACILITY.
9A.44.010 DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions are applicable in BMC 9A.44.020 through 9A.44.080, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Peace" as used in the phrase "public peace" means the tranquility enjoyed by members of a community where good order presides.
(b) "Public place" means an area generally visible to public view and includes streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots and buildings open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them.
(c) "Unreasonably disrupts" means to substantially impair the conduct of a meeting by intentionally committing acts in violation of implicit customs or usages or of explicit rules for governance of the meeting he or she knew, or as a reasonable man or woman should have known. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.020 DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
RCW 9A.84.030 is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.030 FAILURE TO DISPERSE.
RCW 9A.84.020 is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.040 EXPECTORATING.
It is unlawful for a person to expectorate upon the floor, walls or furniture of any public conveyance, public building or any store open to and used by the public. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.050 MISCHIEF ON BRIDGES.
It is unlawful for any person to intentionally:
(a) Throw, drop or otherwise cause any object or missile to be thrown, dropped or released from any portion of any bridge, including the bridges crossing the Port Washington Narrows, commonly known as the Bremerton-Manette and Warren Avenue Bridges; or
(b) Jump, leap or go upon with the intent of jumping or leaping from any portion of any bridge, including the Port Washington Narrows, commonly known as the Bremerton-Manette and Warren Avenue Bridges. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.060 UNLAWFUL TRANSIT CONDUCT.
RCW 9.91.025 is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereinafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.065 URINATING IN PUBLIC.
(a) A person is guilty of the crime of urinating in public if he or she intentionally urinates or defecates in a public place, other than a washroom or toilet room, or at a place and under circumstances where such act could be observed by any member of the public.
(b) Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction, and any person found in violation shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011)
9A.44.070 INDECENT EXPOSURE.
RCW 9A.88.010, with the exception of those provisions contained therein for which a violation constitutes a felony crime, is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereinafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.080 INTRODUCING CONTRABAND IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
RCW 9A.76.160 is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.090 RIOT.
RCW 9A.84.010 is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5145 §1 (in part), 2011: Ord. 4850 §2 (in part), 2003)
9A.44.100 LASERS.
Chapter 9A.49 RCW, with the exception of those provisions contained therein for which a violation constitutes a felony crime, is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereinafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5262 §2, 2014: Ord. 5208 §2 (part), 2013: Ord. 5165 §1, 2011. Formerly 9A.44.110)
9A.44.120 PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR INTERFERENCE.
(a) Definitions. The following definition applies in this section:
"Public place" means an area generally visible to public view and includes alleys, bridges, buildings, driveways, parking lots, parks, plazas, sidewalks and streets open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and grounds enclosing them.
(b) Violation. A person is guilty of pedestrian or vehicular interference if, in a public place, he or she intentionally walks, stands, sits, lies, or places an object in such a manner as to block passage by another person or a vehicle, or to require another person or a driver of a vehicle to take evasive action to avoid physical contact.
(c) Exceptions. Acts authorized as an exercise of one’s constitutional right to picket or to legally protest, and acts authorized by a permit issued pursuant to the Bremerton Municipal Code, shall not constitute pedestrian or vehicular interference.
(d) Penalty. Pedestrian or vehicular interference is a misdemeanor as defined in BMC 1.12.020(2). (Ord. 5262 §5, 2014)
9A.44.130 INTERFERENCE WITH A HEALTH CARE FACILITY.
RCW 9A.50.010 and 9A.50.020 are adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereinafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5456 §1, 2022)
9A.44.140 PENALTY.
RCW 9A.50.030 is adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereinafter amended from time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth herein in full. (Ord. 5456 §2, 2022)