(a) No person shall behave in a boisterous or disorderly manner at any meeting of Council or any committee thereof, or shall cause a disturbance thereat, whether by force, shouting or other words or action tending to disrupt such meeting, or shall fail or refuse to obey any ruling or order of the officer presiding at such meeting relative to the orderly procedure thereof.
(b) Boisterous or disorderly behavior within the purview of subsection (a) hereof shall include, but is not limited to, any of the following acts:
(1) Contemptuous or insolent behavior towards the presiding officer or any member of Council or committee of council, or its Clerk, Sergeant at Arms or any other officer, while Council or committee is in session;
(2) Any breach of the peace, willful disturbance or indecent conduct in the presence of such Council or committee while so engaged, or so near as to obstruct or interrupt its proceedings;
(3) Violence or threats of violence to any member of such Council or committee or any officer, witness, or party going to, attending, or returning from, any Council or committee proceeding in respect to anything done or to be done in the course of such proceeding;
(4) Willful resistence to any lawful order of the presiding officer or Sergeant at Arms at any such meeting.
(c) The presiding officer of Council or of any committee of Council shall have plenary power to order that the Council Chamber and adjacent areas be cleared, or any part thereof, or any person or persons ejected from the Council Chamber or adjacent areas, in the event of disorderly conduct or disturbance which does or tends to interrupt or disrupt the orderly conduct of business by Council or its committee.
(1976 Code Sec. 2-28)