For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT.The downtown business district within the city is an area bounded by the railroad right-of-way on the south, 6th Street on the west, High Avenue on the north and 3rd Street on the east.
POLICE DIRECTIVE. A directive by a licensed peace officer having probable cause to believe that specified offenses or specified behaviors have been committed by members of a group or by individuals so as to constitute an unlawful gathering.
PROBABLE CAUSE. A reasonable ground for suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious person in believing that specified offenses or specified behaviors have been committed by members of a group or by individuals.
SPECIFIED BEHAVIORS.
(1) Screaming or yelling at pedestrians or person in vehicles except where an emergency exists;
(2) Making offensive hand gestures to persons driving by in vehicles; and
(3) Directing profanity at passers-by.
SPECIFIED OFFENSES. Violations of the following sections of the city code and state law shall constitute SPECIFIED OFFENSES:
(1) M.S. § 340A.503 Subd.1, as amended from time to time: Minor consumption;
(2) Ord. 211: Littering;
(3) M.S. § 609.605, as amended from time to time: Trespass;
(4) Ord. 133: Curfew;
(5) M.S. § 609.74, as amended from time to time: Public nuisance;
(6) M.S. § 609.72, as amended from time to time and Ord. 215: Disorderly conduct;
(7) Ord. 236: Noise; and
(8) Ord. 229: Vagrancy.
UNLAWFUL GATHERING. A gathering of three or more people in a public area in the downtown business district in which any of the individuals present engages in any specified offenses or specified behaviors.
(Ord. 260, passed - -)