CHAPTER 2
OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Sections:

8-2-101    Disturbance of the Peace.

8-2-102    Throwing Stones.

8-2-103    Abusive Language.

8-2-104    Fighting.

8-2-105    Loud Speakers.

8-2-106    Public Urination and Defecation.

8-2-107    Trespass.

8-2-101 Disturbance of the Peace.

It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to commit a disturbance of the peace or quiet of any neighborhood, family, or person, by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous or offensive conduct, or by threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause a disturbance or contention at a public house, court, or election, or to disturb any assembly congregated for religious or other lawful purpose within the limits of the City by undue noise, offensive conduct, or unbecoming or indecent behavior.

(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-50; 1968 Code 6-1-13; 1979 Code 8-8-1; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-2-102 Throwing Stones.

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or carelessly, within the limits of the City, throw any stone, stick, snowball, or other missile or object whereby any person shall be hit or any window broken or other property injured or destroyed. Any person convicted of violating this Section shall be liable to punishment by a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.00.

(1968 Code 6-1-37; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-1-2; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-2-103 Abusive Language.

It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb the peace and good order of the City by the use of abusive, menacing, insulting, slanderous, profane, or vulgar language. Any person convicted of violating this Section shall be liable to punishment by a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.00.

(1968 Code 6-1-1; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-1-3; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-2-104 Fighting.

It shall be unlawful for any two (2) or more persons to engage in a fight or to violently assault each other.

(1968 Code 6-1-21; 1979 Code 8-1-5; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-2-105 Loud Speakers.

It shall be unlawful within the limits of the City for any person to maintain, operate, connect, or permit to be maintained, operated, or connected, any radio apparatus, sound device, or any talking machine or loud speaker attached thereto such that the loud speaker or amplifier shall cause the sound from such radio apparatus, sound device, or talking machine to be projected directly therefrom outside of any building, vehicle or out-of-doors, in an unreasonably loud, annoying, or obnoxious manner or in any other manner which disturbs the peace and good order of the City; provided, that the Chief of Police may grant a permit to so broadcast any events or happenings of public interest. Every person desiring a permit to so broadcast shall make application, file a statement showing the place where he proposes to broadcast, the times and probable duration, and the nature, topics, or titles of said broadcast. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the operation of a radio apparatus, sound device, amplifier, or talking machine used in a reasonable manner by any person within any building, vehicle, or structure even though the sound therefrom may be heard on the outside of such building, vehicle, or structure, provided that the said apparatus, sound device, amplifier, or talking machine, shall not project the sound therefrom directly outside of any building, vehicle, or out-of-doors, and provided further that no such radio apparatus, sound device, amplifier, or talking machine is in any way fastened to or connected with any outside wall or window in any building, vehicle, or structure so that the sound therefrom is projected outside of such walls or window. Any person convicted of violating this Section shall be liable to punishment by a fine in any amount not to exceed $100.00.

(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-47; 1968 Code 6-1-29; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-1-10; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-2-106 Public Urination and Defecation.

It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in any place open to public view. Any person convicted of violating this Section shall be liable to punishment by a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.00.

(Adopted by Ordinance No. 11-94)

8-2-107 Trespass.

It shall be unlawful for a person to enter onto property of another without express permission for the purpose of operating a motorized vehicle, scooter, motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile or dune buggy outside of a public street, easement or other valid right-of-way.

(Adopted by Ordinance No. 26-02)