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A. Acts Constituting Riot: A person is guilty of riot if:
1. Simultaneously with two (2) or more other persons, such person engages in tumultuous or violent conduct and thereby knowingly or recklessly creates a substantial risk of causing public alarm; or
2. Such person assembles with two (2) or more other persons with the purpose of engaging, soon thereafter, in tumultuous or violent conduct, knowing that two (2) or more other persons in the assembly have the same purpose; or
3. Such person assembles with two (2) or more other persons with the purpose of committing an offense against a person or property of another who such person supposes to be guilty of a violation of law, believing that two (2) or more other persons in the assembly have the same purpose.
B. Refusal To Comply: Any person who refuses to comply with a lawful order to withdraw given to him immediately prior to, during or immediately following a violation of subsection A1 of this section, or its successor, is guilty of riot.
C. Withdrawal Over Private Property No Defense: It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that withdrawal must take place over private property; provided, however, that no persons so withdrawing shall incur criminal or civil liability by virtue of acts reasonably necessary to accomplish the withdrawal.
D. Penalty: Any person found guilty of riot shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1999 Code)
A. Unlawful Acts: A person is guilty of disturbing the peace if such person:
1. Refuses to comply with the lawful order of a law enforcement officer to move from a public place;
2. Knowingly creates a hazardous condition;
3. Intending to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof:
a. Engages in fighting, violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior;
b. Uses words that are intended to cause acts of violence by the person to whom the words are addressed;
c. Makes unreasonable noises in a private place which could be heard in a public place;
d. Maliciously or wilfully disturbs the peace or quiet of another or of any public place by making an unreasonably loud noise or by discharging firearms;
e. Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic, except as allowed pursuant to the provisions of title 11 of this code; or
f. Transmits in any manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb or other explosive would endanger human life, knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing that such a bomb or explosive is concealed in such a place.
B. Public Place Defined: "Public place", for the purpose of this section, means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
C. Penalty: Any person found guilty of disturbing the peace shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the offense continues after a request by a person to desist. Otherwise, it is an infraction. (1999 Code)
A. Unlawful: A person is guilty of disrupting a meeting or procession if, intending to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or gathering, he obstructs or interferes with the meeting, procession or gathering by physical action, verbal utterance, or any other means under circumstances which could cause a breach of peace.
B. Penalty: Any person found guilty of disrupting a meeting or procession shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1999 Code)
A. Preventing Orderly Conduct: It is unlawful for any person, and such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of violation hereof, to annoy, disturb or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent the orderly conduct of the activities, administration, or classes of any school, college or university.
B. Disturbing Student Or Employee: It is unlawful for any person, and such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of violation hereof, to annoy, disturb, assault or molest any student or employee of any school, college or university while in or at such school, college or university building or on the grounds thereof.
C. Loitering: It is unlawful for any person, and such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of violation hereof, to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in, about or on any school, college or university grounds or building, either on foot or on any vehicle, without having some lawful business therein or thereabouts, or in connection with such school, college or university or the employees thereof.
D. Obscene Conduct: It is unlawful for any person, and such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of violation hereof, to conduct himself in an obscene, lewd, wanton or lascivious manner in speech or behavior in, about or on any school, college or university buildings or grounds.
E. Conduct From Vehicle: It is unlawful for any person, and such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of violation hereof, to park or move a vehicle in the immediate vicinity of, or on the grounds of any school, college or university for the purpose of annoying or molesting the students or employees thereof, or to induce, entice or invite students or employees into or on the vehicle for any unlawful purpose. (1999 Code)
A. Unlawful: A person is guilty of failure to disburse when such person remains at the scene of a riot, disorderly conduct or an unlawful assembly after having been ordered to disburse by a law enforcement officer.
B. Exception: This section shall not apply to a person who reasonably attempted to but was unable to leave the scene of a riot or unlawful assembly.
C. Penalty: Any person who fails to disburse shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1999 Code)
A. Unlawful: It is unlawful to:
1. Drink liquor in a public building, park or stadium unless authorized by a special permit; or
2. Be under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors to a degree that the person may endanger himself or another, if such person is in a public place or in a private place where he unreasonably disturbs other persons.
B. Conditions For Release From Custody: A law enforcement officer may release from custody an individual arrested under this section, if he believes imprisonment is unnecessary for the protection of the individual or another; or a law enforcement officer may take a person arrested under this section to a detoxification center or other special facility designated by the courts of the State or by State law, as an alternative to jail incarceration for such offenses.
C. Penalty: An offense under this section is an infraction. (Ord. 2017-11, 5-18-2017)
A. Unlawful To Have Open Containers Of Alcohol In Designated Areas: No person shall open, possess, or consume from an open bottle, can or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage in an unpermitted place.
B. Definitions: As used in this section:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: "Beer" and "liquor" as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 32A-1-105. (32AB-1-105 effective July 1, 2011.)
OPEN BOTTLE, CAN OR OTHER RECEPTACLE: A container having within it an alcoholic beverage, which container has been opened, its seal broken or the contents of which have been partially consumed.
UNPERMITTED PUBLIC PLACE: Shall not mean or include a premises or area identified in a license or special permit or other authorization issued by the City as authorizing the possession or consumption of alcohol, when there is conformance with the applicable license or permit restrictions; businesses specifically permitted under title 5 of this Code; businesses licensed as "home occupation" as defined by section 13.04.040 of this Code; or apartment houses or "apartments" as defined in this Code.
1. Any street, right-of-way, sidewalk, alley, publicly owned property or State or County road located within the City limits and which abuts upon: a) any County or City owned real property; or b) any business required to have a City business license pursuant to title 5, chapter 5.04 of this Code;
2. Boarded or abandoned buildings;
3. Vacant lots; or
4. Any publicly owned building or publicly owned real property.
C. Penalty: An offense under this section shall be an infraction. (Ord. 2010-28, 12-9-2010)
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