A person violates this section when the person does any of the following:
(A) Engages in fighting or violent behavior in any public place or in or near any lawful assembly of persons; provided that, participants in athletic contests may engage in such conduct which is reasonably related to that sport;
(B) Unlawfully disturbs the public quiet of any street, alley, public square or any religious or public assembly or building, public or private or any neighborhood, private family or person within the city by giving false alarms of fire, by loud or unusual noise, by loud music, by ringing bells, blowing horns or other instruments or by quarreling, assaulting, fighting or by any other device or means whatever and which causes unreasonable distress to others. It shall be a violation of this subsection for a person to do any of the following, which list shall not be construed as the exclusive list of actions that can constitute a violation of this division (B).
(1) No person shall use or operate a radio, television, stereo, MP3 player, speaker, compact disc player, sound-amplifying device or any other similar form of electronic amplified sound equipment/device that produces or reproduces sound in a manner that is plainly audible to any person other than the player(s) or operator(s) of the device, and those who are voluntarily listening to the sound, and which unreasonably disturbs the peace, quiet and comfort of neighbors and passers-by, or is plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet from any person upon a public way. This division (B)(1) shall not apply to loudspeakers/public address systems, emergency signaling devices, car alarms and ice cream trucks. This division (B)(1) shall also not apply where the offending noise is created by an individual, group or event sponsored, sanctioned or otherwise approved by the city in advance, so long as such individual, group or event does not make noise beyond what is reasonable under the circumstances.
(2) No person shall operate a vehicle as defined in Iowa Code § 321.1 in a manner, which unreasonably disturbs the peace, quiet and comfort of neighbors and passerby, or is plainly audible at a distance of 300 feet from any person upon a public way, including, but not limited to, squealing tires or revving engine.
(3) No person shall make or cause, permit or allow to be made, upon a public way or in close proximity to a public way as to be distinctly and loudly audible upon the public way, any noise of any kind by crying, calling or shouting, or by means of any whistle, rattle, bell, hammer, drum, horn, other musical instrument, wind instrument, mechanical device or other similar device so as to destroy or disturb the peace of the neighborhood.
(C) Directs abusive epithets or makes any threatening gesture which the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to provoke a violent reaction by another;
(D) Without lawful authority or color of authority, the person disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons by conduct intended to disrupt the meeting or assembly;
(E) By words or action, initiates or circulates a report or warning of fire, epidemic or other catastrophe, knowing such report to be false or such warning to be baseless;
(F) Without authority or justification, the person obstructs any street, sidewalk, highway or other public way, with the intent to prevent or hinder its lawful use by others; and/or
(G) Urinate or defecate in or upon any street, alley, public place or in any place open to public view; provided that, this section shall not apply to restrooms or public facilities specifically designed and designated for such purpose.
(Ord. D-068, passed 9-15-2020)