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509.01. Riot.
   (a)   No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of Section 509.03:
      (1)   With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a misdemeanor, other than disorderly conduct;
      (2)   With purpose to intimidate a public official or employee into taking or refraining from official action, or with purpose to hinder, impede or obstruct a function of government;
      (3)   With purpose to hinder, impede or obstruct the orderly process of administration or instruction at an educational institution, or to interfere with or disrupt lawful activities carried on at such institution.
   (b)   No person shall participate with four or more others with purpose to do an act with unlawful force or violence, even though such act might otherwise be lawful.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of riot, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2917.03)
509.02. Failure to disperse.
   (a)   Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of Section 509.03, and there are other persons in the vicinity whose presence creates the likelihood of physical harm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may order the participants and such other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey such order.
   (b)   Nothing in this section requires persons to disperse who are peaceably assembled for a lawful purpose.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to disperse, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 762-01. Passed 10-30-01; Ord. 761-02. Passed 10-22-02)
509.03. Disorderly conduct.
   (a)   No person shall recklessly cause inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to another; by doing any of the following:
      (1)   Engaging in fighting, in threatening harm to persons or property, or in violent or turbulent behavior;
      (2)   Making unreasonable noise or an offensively coarse utterance, gesture, or display; or communicating unwarranted and grossly abusive language to any person;
      (3)   Insulting, taunting, or challenging another, under circumstances in which that conduct is likely to provoke a violent response;
      (4)   Hindering or preventing the movement of persons on a public street, road, highway, or right-of-way, or to, from, within, or upon public or private property, so as to interfere with the rights of others, and by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender;
      (5)   Creating a condition that is physically offensive to persons or that presents a risk of physical harm to persons or property, by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender.
   (b)   No person, while voluntarily intoxicated, shall do either of the following:
      (1)   In a public place or in the presence of two or more persons, engage in conduct likely to be offensive or to cause inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to persons of ordinary sensibilities, which conduct the offender, if the offender were not intoxicated, should know is likely to have that effect on others;
      (2)   Engage in conduct or create a condition that presents a risk of physical harm to the offender or another, or to the property of another.
   (c)   Violation of any statute or ordinance of which an element is operating a motor vehicle, locomotive, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse, is not a violation of division (B) of this section.
   (d)   If a person appears to an ordinary observer to be intoxicated, it is probable cause to believe that person is voluntarily intoxicated for purposes of division (B) of this section.
   (e)   (1)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of disorderly conduct.
      (2)   Except as otherwise provided in division (E)(3) of this section, disorderly conduct is a minor misdemeanor.
      (3)   Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor of the Fourth degree if any of the following applies:
         A.   The offender persists in disorderly conduct after reasonable warning or request to desist.
         B.   The offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in a school safety zone.
         C.   The offense is committed in the presence of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services persons, or other authorized person who is engaged in the person's duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.
   (f)   As used in this section,
      (1)   "Emergency medical services person" is the singular of "emergency medical services personnel" as defined in section 2133.21 of the Revised Code.
(ORC 2917.11; Ord. 687-00. Passed 8-29-00.)
509.04. Disturbing a lawful meeting.
   (a)   No person with purpose to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or gathering, shall do either of the following:
      (1)   Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession or gathering;
      (2)   Make any utterance, gesture or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 2917.12)
509.05. Misconduct at an emergency.
   (a)   No person shall knowingly:
      (1)   Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, fireman, rescuer, medical person or other authorized person engaged in his duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot or emergency of any kind.
      (2)   Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in his duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, riot or emergency of any kind.
   (b)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any news media representative in the lawful exercise of his duties.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of misconduct at an emergency, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to persons or property, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 246-06. Passed 5-9-06.)
509.06. Inducing panic.
   (a)   No person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the following:
      (1)   Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false;
      (2)   Threatening to commit any offense of violence;
      (3)   Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm.
   (b)   Subsection (a) hereof does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of inducing panic, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if such violation does not result in physical harm to any person.
(ORC 2917.31)
509.07. Making false alarms.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
      (2)   Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or property;
      (3)   Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur.
   (b)   This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2917.32)
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