5-4B-15: PARKING ON PROPERTY OF ANOTHER:

It is unlawful for any person to park an automobile or other vehicle, or to place any structure or object on the driveway, yard or property of another without the expressed or tacit consent of the owner or person in charge, or by authority of law or ordinance. (1989 Code § 10-215)

5-4B-16: FIRE HYDRANT INTERFERENCE:

   A.   It shall be unlawful for any person, except one duly authorized by the city utility personnel or a member of the fire department, to open, turn on or off, interfere with, attach any pipe or hose to, or connect anything with, any fire hydrant or stop cock belonging to the city.

   B.   It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct access to any fire hydrant by placing around or thereon brick, lumber, dirt or other thing, or in any other manner obstructing access to a fire hydrant. (1989 Code § 10-216)

5-4B-17: CAMPING ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY:

   A.   Hours Prohibited: It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make use of any public right of way or publicly- or municipally-owned property within the city limits for the purpose of overnight lodging between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M., except as authorized hereafter. For the purposes of this section, overnight lodging shall include sleeping in a travel trailer, a camper, a vehicle of any kind, the erection of a tent or other shelter, or the making of camp in the open.

   B.   Permit Required: The business manager may designate areas in the city park for the purpose of overnight camping, and camping therein is hereby authorized at any time upon the issuance of a permit by the chief of police or his designate. Any person, firm or corporation seeking to make use of the public park shall apply for a permit from the chief of police or his designate and pay the permit fee in such amount as established by resolution of the city council. (1989 Code § 10-217; amd. 2002 Code)

ARTICLE C. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC

SECTION:

5-4C-1: Disturbing The Peace

5-4C-2: Insulting Signs, Literature Or Language

5-4C-3: Literature Or Language Ridiculing Religion

5-4C-4: Fireworks Regulated

5-4C-5: Storing Or Keeping Explosives

5-4C-6: Possession Of Weapons; Municipal Buildings

5-4C-7: Reckless Conduct

5-4C-8: Firearms Discharging

5-4C-9: Loud Noise Or Music Prohibited; Amplified Sound

5-4C-1: DISTURBING THE PEACE:

   A.   It is unlawful to disturb or alarm the peace of another or others by doing any of the acts set out in subsection B of this section.

   B.   Disturbing the peace is the doing of any of the following in such a manner as would foreseeably alarm or disturb the peace of another or others:

      1.   Using obscene, offensive, abusive, profane, vulgar, threatening, violent or insulting language or conduct;

      2.   Appearing in an intoxicated condition;

      3.   Engaging in a fistic encounter;

      4.   Lewdly exposing one's person, or private parts thereof, in any public place or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby;

      5.   Pointing any pistol or any other deadly weapon whether loaded or not at any other person or persons either in anger or otherwise;

      6.   Holding an unlawful assembly of two (2) or more persons, including being assembled together and acting in concert, to do any unlawful act against the peace or to the terror of others or preparing for or moving toward such acts, or otherwise assembling unlawfully or riotously;

      7.   Interrupting any lawful assembly of people by making noise, by rude, indecent or improper behavior, by profane, improper or loud language, or in any other manner, either within the place of assembly or within hearing distance thereof;

      8.   Making unnecessarily loud, offensive noises;

      9.   Disturbing any congregation or assembly of persons meeting for religious worship by making noise, by rude, indecent or improper behavior, by profane, improper or loud language, or in any other manner, either within the place of worship or within hearing distance thereof; or

      10.   Committing any other act in such a manner as to unreasonably disturb or alarm the public. (1989 Code § 10-301)

5-4C-2: INSULTING SIGNS; LITERATURE OR LANGUAGE:

   A.   It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation within the city to display any sign, emblem, badge, flag or device, which in its common acceptance is insulting, profane, or abusive to the citizens of the city, and which is calculated, or of which the natural consequence is, to cause a breach of the peace or an assault.

   B.   It is unlawful for any person to wilfully use, utter, publish, circulate or distribute any profane, violent, abusive or insulting language or literature where:

      1.   A natural consequence of the language or literature is to cause a breach of the peace or an assault; or

      2.   The language or literature, in its common acceptance, is calculated to cause a breach of the peace or an assault. (1989 Code § 10-302)

5-4C-3: LITERATURE OR LANGUAGE RIDICULING RELIGION:

It is unlawful for any person to utter, publish, distribute or circulate any literature or language within the corporate limits of the city that casts profane ridicule on any deity, or any religion, which in its common acceptance is calculated or where the natural consequence is to cause a breach of the peace or an assault. (1989 Code § 10-303)