CHAPTER 4: GENERAL OFFENSES
Section
General Provisions
6-4-1 Weapons and explosives
6-4-2 Abandoned iceboxes or refrigerators
Offenses Against Public Peace
6-4A-1 Assault and battery
6-4A-2 Disorderly conduct
6-4A-3 Interference with town employees
6-4A-4 Disobeying orders of police or firefighters
Offenses Relating to Property
6-4B-1 Littering; state statute adopted
6-4B-2 Petit larceny
6-4B-3 Damaging public or private property
6-4B-4 Criminal entry and criminal trespass
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) Discharging firearms and fireworks. No person, except a duly constituted law enforcement officer, shall, within the town, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, BB gun, air rifle, pellet gun, or gas propelled weapon or firearm of any description, or fire, explode or set off anything containing powder or other combustible or explosive material. Violation of this division (A) is a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished with the penalty in § 1-4-1.
(B) Prohibited in establishments serving alcoholic beverages. It is unlawful for any person not being a peace officer who shall wear or carry any firearm into a business establishment serving alcoholic beverages. Violation of this division (B) is a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished in accordance with the penalties in § 1-4-1.
(C) Discharging at town landfill. It is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm at the town sanitary landfill. Violation of this division (C) is a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished in accordance with the penalties in § 1-4-1.
(Prior Code, § 6-4-1) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
No person shall abandon or store any refrigeration unit or icebox in such a place as to be easily accessible to children, including the town landfill, without first having made adequate provisions to prevent entry into all latches, catches, locking devices, or the door thereof, so that escape from the interior may be had. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished in accordance with the penalties in § 1-4-1.
(Prior Code, § 6-4-2) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE
(A) Prohibition. No person shall in a rude, insolent, or angry manner touch another.
(B) Penalty. Any person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in § 1-4-1.
(Prior Code, § 6-4A-1) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
(A) Acts described.
(1) A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if he or she wilfully or intentionally is guilty of any of the following:
(a) Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby the person or property of any person is placed in danger of being injured, destroyed, or damaged;
(b) Causes, provokes, or engages in any fight, brawl, or riotous conduct which would reasonably result in endangering the life, limb, health, or property of another;
(c) Incites, attempts to incite, or is involved in attempting to incite a riot;
(d) Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by the police or other lawful authority;
(e) Fails to obey a lawful order to disperse by a police officer, where one or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity, and public health and safety is immediately threatened;
(f) Resists or obstructs the performance of duties by police or any other authorized official of the town;
(g) Harasses or annoys another person by:
1. Subjecting the other person to offensive physical contact;
2. Publicly insulting the other person by abusive words or gestures in a manner intended and likely to provoke a violent response; or
3. Publicly insulting the other person by abusive words or gestures in a manner intended or likely to provoke a violent response.
(h) Subjects another to alarm by conveying a telephonic or written threat to inflict serious physical injury on that person, or to commit a felony involving the person or property of that person or any member of that person’s household, which threat reasonably would be expected to cause alarm;
(i) Harasses or annoys another by causing the telephone of the other person to ring without the caller having a legitimate communicative purpose; and/or
(j) Communicates with another person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, mail, or other form of oral, written, or electronic communication, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm which serves no legitimate purpose.
(2) A person is criminally liable under this section if the person knowingly permits a telephone under the person’s control to be used in violation of divisions (A)(1)(i), through (A)(1)(j) above if sufficient proof is established that the telephone call was either received or made within the jurisdictional boundaries of the town.
(B) Disorderly conduct prohibited. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of § 1-4-1.
(Prior Code, § 6-4A-2) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
No person shall interfere in any way with an employee, volunteer, or individual retained by the town in the performance of his or her work, nor displace any stakes or landmarks deposited or installed by any employee, nor in any way molest any tools, instruments, or equipment of any employee, used in the duties assigned him or her. A conviction of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by the provisions of § 1-4-1.
(Prior Code, § 6-4A-3) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly disobey the lawful or reasonable order of any police officer, firefighter, or EMS worker in the discharge of any lawful act or duty. A conviction of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by the provisions of § 1-4-1.
(Prior Code, § 6-4A-4) (Ord. 322, passed 12-2-1999; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
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