(A) A person commits unlawful assembly when two or more persons assemble:
(1) With intent to commit any unlawful act by force; or
(2) With intent to carry out any purpose in such manner as will disturb or threaten the public peace; or
(3) Without unlawful purpose, but the participants so conduct themselves in a disorderly manner as to disturb or threaten the public peace.
(B) No person or group of persons shall hold a demonstration, protest, march, parade, or picket within the confines of any city festival, picnic, carnival or fair.
(1) The Chief of Police or designee shall convey time, place and manner restrictions to any organizer of a demonstration, protest, march, parade, or picket after a written request is made to the Chief of Police by the organizer.
(2) All restrictions made by Chief of Police or designee will be content neutral, narrowly tailored and will provide open, ample alternate channels for communicating the speaker’s message to reach their intended audience.
(C) No person shall fail to obey a lawful order of dispersal by a person known by him or her to be a peace officer under circumstances where an unlawful assembly has been declared.
(D) Upon observation of an unlawful assembly, a sworn peace officer may issue a warning to the gathering or assembly that it constitutes an unlawful assembly and is required to disperse. The reasonable attempt to provide such a verbal order to disperse is a condition precedent to a violation of this section.
(1960 Code, § 30-1-1) (Ord. 8997-2021, passed 11-1-2021) Penalty, see § 130.99
Statutory reference:
Unlawful assembly, see 20 ILCS 1805/86