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(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause the fire siren to be turned on, except in the case of an actual fire or other emergency for which the Fire Department is usually used. Any person aiding, abetting, assisting, or encouraging another in a violation of this section shall be deemed guilty as a principal.
(B) The test of the siren by a member of the Fire Department or the use of the siren to sound 12:00 noon shall not be considered a violation of this section.
('78 Code, 1010.1, § I (i)) (W.P. Ord. 50-1952, passed 5-7-52)
Penalty, see § 136.99
EDITOR'S NOTE:
This section contains references to those sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes which prohibit the most common offenses against public order. These citations are intended only as convenient references for enforcement officers in citing offenders under state law. It is not the intention of the municipality to incorporate such statutory provisions in this code of ordinances, and such provisions are specifically not incorporated by reference.
OFFENSE | KRS SECTION | PENALTY CLASS |
OFFENSE | KRS SECTION | PENALTY CLASS |
ABUSE OF CORPSE | 525.120 | A misdemeanor or D felony |
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | ||
First degree | 525.125 | D felony |
Second degree | 525.130 | A misdemeanor |
DESECRATION OF VENERATED OBJECTS | ||
First degree | 525.105 | D felony |
Second degree | 525.110 | A misdemeanor |
DISORDERLY CONDUCT | 525.060 | B misdemeanor |
DISRUPTING MEETINGS OR PROCESSIONS | 525.150 | B misdemeanor |
EAVESDROPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES | ||
Divulging illegally obtained information | 526.060 | A misdemeanor |
Eavesdropping | 526.020 | D felony |
Installing eavesdropping device | 526.030 | D felony |
Possessing eavesdropping device | 526.040 | A misdemeanor |
Tampering with private communications | 526.050 | A misdemeanor |
FAILURE TO DISPERSE | 525.160 | B misdemeanor |
FIREARMS AND WEAPONS | ||
(Editor's note: KRS 65.870 prohibits any city from regulating the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or combinations thereof.) | ||
HARASSING COMMUNICATIONS | 525.080 | B misdemeanor |
HARASSMENT | 525.070 | Violation or B misdemeanor |
INCITING TO RIOT | 525.040 | A misdemeanor |
LOITERING | 525.090 | Violation |
OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY OR PUBLIC PASSAGE | 525.140 | B misdemeanor |
PUBLIC INTOXICATION | 525.100 | B misdemeanor |
RIOT | ||
First degree | 525.020 | D felony |
Second degree | 525.030 | A misdemeanor |
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY | 525.050 | B misdemeanor |
Penalty, see § 136.99
(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $500 for each offense.
(B) Any person who violates any of the terms or provisions of § 136.02 shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor and fined for each offense no less than $10 and no more than $500 or sentenced to imprisonment for no more than 90 days or sentenced to any combination of such fines and imprisonment. (Ord. 1-10-82, passed - - 82)
(C) See Chapter 139 for descriptions of statutory penalties for those statutory offenses listed in § 136.03 above.