Chapter 6.54
PUBLIC DISTURBANCES
Sections:
6.54.010 Statutes incorporated by reference.
6.54.010 Statutes incorporated by reference.
The following statutes regarding public disturbance are incorporated by reference:
RCW
9.91.025 Unlawful transit conduct.
9A.84.010 (1) Riot.
9A.84.020 Failure to disperse.
9A.84.040 (1) False reporting.
(Ord. 3248 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 965 § 14.01, 1977).
6.54.020 Disorderly conduct.
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if he:
(1) Uses abusive, vulgar, profane, obscene or indecent language, or conducts himself in an indecent manner, when such language or conduct intentionally creates a risk of assault or a civil disturbance;
(2) Willfully annoys, bothers, molests, insults or offers an affront or indignity to any person;
(3) Intentionally disrupts any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority;
(4) Intentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority;
(5) Fights or quarrels in a public place;
(6) Goes upon premises occupied by any person other than himself and looks through any window or windows from the outside of any building on the premises after dusk and before daylight without permission of the tenant or occupant, and without lawful authority to do so; provided, that the proscriptions of this subsection shall not apply to commercial property with displays which are designed and intended for public viewing;
(7) Suffers or permits in any building or place owned by him or under his control any riotous or disorderly conduct, drunkenness or fighting to the annoyance of the public;
(8) Hitches or ties any animal or thing to, or obstructs, injures, connects with or opens, any fire hydrant in the city, without a permit from the chief of the fire department or other municipal officer;
(9) Drives or rides a horse or horses or other livestock in the city in such a manner as to endanger or to be likely to endanger any person or property, or drives or rides a horse or horses or other livestock upon any sidewalk in the city, except across a crosswalk on a street;
(10) Removes, destroys, tears down or defaces, either in whole or in part, or marks or writes upon, changes, obliterates or mars, or in any manner alters or changes the writing, printing or signature, or any part of the writing, printing or signature, upon any bulletin, legal notice or advertisement, poster or paper writing of the city lawfully posted or placed in the city, unless such person is an officer or employee of the city and is duly authorized to perform such acts;
(11) Performs any acts not specifically described in this section which tend to or do stir up public peace, provoke disorder, or endanger the safety of others. (Ord. 1669 § 2, 1989; Ord. 1569, 1987; Ord. 1240, 1982; Ord. 978, 1978; Ord. 965 § 14.02, 1977).