CHAPTER 2
GENERAL OFFENSES

SECTION:

6-2-1: Air Guns, Weapons

6-2-2: Assemblages; Unlawful, Disturbing (Rep. by Ord. 2132, 12-17-1984)

6-2-3: Disorderly Conduct, Houses

6-2-4: Cruelty To Animals

6-2-5: Minors; Tobacco, Intoxicants

6-2-6: Intoxicants

6-2-7: Resisting, Impersonating Officers

6-2-8: Prostitution, House Of

6-2-9: Public, Private Property Prohibitions

6-2-10: Trespass

6-2-11: Vagrancy (Rep. by Ord. 2132, 12-17-1984)

6-2-12: Deposit, Storage Of Combustibles

6-2-13: False Reports

6-2-14: Littering

6-2-15: Explosives

6-2-16: Impersonation Of Police

6-2-17: Recreational Use Of Canals

6-2-18: Serial And Identification Numbers

6-2-19: Public Nudity

6-2-1: AIR GUNS, WEAPONS:

   (A)   Air Guns And Slingshots: No person shall discharge any air gun, flipper or other contrivance which propels a missile or missiles by use of compressed air, springs or any elastic substance.

   (B)   Reserved.

   (C)   Unlawful Discharge Of Guns And Firecrackers 1 : It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or firearm of any description, or fire, explode or set off any firecracker or fireworks of any description, except as provided by ordinance.

   (D)   Permits: Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the city council may grant permits to persons or businesses permitting the discharge of air guns, flippers, bows and arrows, pistols or firearms within the city limits, subject to any specific conditions that the council may require. (1958 Code § 10-1-27; amd. Ord. 2277, 7-17-1989; Ord. 2021-018, 11-8-2021)

 

Notes

1	1. See chapter 9 of this title.

6-2-2: ASSEMBLAGES; UNLAWFUL, DISTURBING:

(Rep. by Ord. 2132, 12-17-1984)

6-2-3: DISORDERLY CONDUCT, HOUSES:

   (A)   Disorderly Conduct: Every person who wilfully causes loud or unusual noise or engages in tumultuous or offensive conduct or threatens, traduces, quarrels, challenges to fight, or who does anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to or disturbs the peace or quiet of any person, persons or neighborhood, shall be guilty of disorderly conduct and upon conviction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

   (B)   Public Intoxication: Every person, who is in public and intoxicated at a level that presents a danger to others or creates a disturbance of the peace, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

   (C)   Fighting: Every person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly fights with another person in a public place, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

   (D)   Public Urination: Every person who excretes human waste, including urine or feces, upon the ground, into a body of water, or upon anything attached or setting upon said surfaces, except for toilet facilities used as receptacles for human waste, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

   (E)   Disorderly House: No person shall keep a disorderly house or place of business or shall permit or suffer any drunkenness, fighting, quarreling, unlawful games or riotous or disorderly conduct or breach of the peace in any house, place or building owned, kept, used or occupied by him. (Ord. 3112, 1-25-2016)