A person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly:
(A) Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the peace;
(B) Enters upon the property of another, and for a lewd or unlawful purpose deliberately looks into a dwelling on the property through any window or other opening in it;
(C) While acting as a collection agency as defined in the Collection Agency Act, ILCS Ch. 225, Act 425, or as an employee of such collection agency, and while attempting to collect an alleged debt, makes a telephone call to the alleged debtor which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the alleged debtor;
(D) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false report to the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act, ILCS Ch. 210, Act 45, §§ 1-101 et seq.;
(E) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false report to any public safety agency without the reasonable grounds necessary to believe that transmitting such a report is necessary for the safety and welfare of the public;
(F) Calls the number “911” for the purpose of making or transmitting a false alarm or complaint and reporting information when, at the time the call or transmission is made, the person knows there is no reasonable ground for making the call or transmission and further knows that the call or transmission could result in the emergency response of any public safety agency;
(G) Does or makes any unreasonable or offensive act, utterance, gesture or display which, under the circumstances, creates a clear and present danger of a breach of peace or imminent threat of violence; or
(H) Appears in any public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or any other drug, not therapeutically administered, to the degree that he or she may endanger himself, herself or other persons or property or annoy or disturb the peace of persons in his or her vicinity.
(1999 Code, § 132.01) (Ord. 3800, passed 8-5- 2013) Penalty, see § 132.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 26-1