Chapter 9.37
PUBLIC DISTURBANCES
Sections:
9.37.010 Statutes incorporated by reference.
9.37.010 Statutes incorporated by reference.
The following statutes regarding public disturbances are incorporated by reference, insofar as they apply to gross misdemeanors and misdemeanors:
RCW 9A.84.010 Riot.
RCW 9A.84.020 Failure to disperse.
RCW 9A.84.040 False reporting.
(Ord. 1803 § 10, 2012; Ord. 1266 § 17, 1997).
9.37.020 Disorderly conduct.
Any of the following acts shall constitute an act of disorderly conduct:
A. Challenging another person to fight, or fighting by agreement; except as a part of an organized athletic event.
B. The use of “fighting words,” as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court, tending toward or causing a breach of the peace.
C. When in a public place, making noise by shouting, screaming, loud singing, squealing automobile tires, unmuffled engine exhaust, throwing objects or striking objects, which disturbs or tends to disturb the public peace.
D. Intentionally disrupting any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority.
E. Intentionally obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority.
F. Throwing objects at any house, building, vehicle or person with an intent to annoy, intimidate, harass or disturb any person.
G. Intentional and aggressive begging. For purposes of this subsection, “begging” means to ask for money or goods as a charity, whether by words, bodily gestures, signs or other means. “Aggressive begging” means to beg with intent to intimidate another person into giving money or goods.
H. Urinating in public if the person intentionally urinates or defecates in a public place other than a washroom or toilet room, under circumstances where such act could be observed by any member of the public.
A person who commits disorderly conduct is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1777 § 1 (Exh. A), 2012; Ord. 1266 § 17, 1997).