(A) It is unlawful to disturb or alarm the peace of another or others by doing any of the acts set out in division (B) below.
(B) DISTURBING THE PEACE is the doing of any of the following in such a manner as would foreseeably alarm or disturb the peace of another or others:
(1) Using obscene, offensive, abusive, profane, vulgar, threatening, violent or insulting language or conduct;
(2) Appearing in an intoxicated condition;
(3) Engaging in a fistic encounter;
(4) Lewdly exposing one’s person, or private parts thereof, in any public place or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby;
(5) Pointing any pistol or any other deadly weapon, whether loaded or not, at any other person or persons, either in anger or otherwise;
(6) Holding an unlawful assembly of two or more persons, including being assembled together and acting in concert, to do any unlawful act against the peace or to the terror of others or preparing for or moving toward such acts, or otherwise assembling unlawfully or riotously;
(7) Interrupting any lawful assembly of people by making noise, by rude, indecent or improper behavior, by profane, improper or loud language or in any other manner, either within the place of assembly or within hearing distance thereof;
(8) Obstructing the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles on a street, right-of-way, sidewalk or other public place;
(9) Obstructing, molesting or interfering with any person lawfully in a public place;
(10) Making unnecessarily loud, offensive noises;
(11) Disturbing any congregation or assembly of persons meeting for religious worship by making noise, by rude, indecent or improper behavior, by profane, improper or loud language or in any other manner, either within the place of worship or within hearing distance thereof; or
(12) Committing any other act in such a manner calculated so as to unreasonably disturb, interfere with or alarm the public or the comfort and repose of any person.
(C) Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing any of the conditions enumerated in division (B) above, he or she may, if he or she deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave that place, and any who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
(D) This section shall not apply to peaceful picketing, public speaking or other lawful expressions of opinion not in contravention of other laws.
(Prior Code, § 10-401) Penalty, see § 133.99