Chapter 11.84A
PUBLIC DISTURBANCE

Sections:

11.84A.030    Disorderly conduct.

11.84A.050    Liquor and marijuana in public.

11.84A.060    False aid calls and false fire alarms—Civil remedy.

11.84A.070    Public disturbance noises.

11.84A.030 Disorderly conduct.

RCW 9A.84.030 is hereby adopted by reference. In addition, a person is guilty of disorderly conduct if he or she:

(1)    Intentionally uses fighting words, that is, words which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace;

(2)    Intentionally engages in a fight in a public place or way open to the public;

(3)    Intentionally uses unlawful force or violence on the person of another;

(4)    Intentionally disrupts any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority; or

(5)    Intentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority.

Disorderly conduct under this section is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 4563 § 1, 2017: Ord. 4334 § 6 (part), 2011)

11.84A.050 Liquor and marijuana in public.

It is unlawful for any person to open a container or possess an opened container of intoxicating liquor or marijuana in a way open to the public or a public place other than, in the case of intoxicating liquor, a public place specifically identified and posted as a place where intoxicating liquor may be consumed. Violation of this section shall constitute a civil infraction. (Ord. 4581 § 1, 2017: Ord. 4334 § 6 (part), 2011)

11.84A.060 False aid calls and false fire alarms—Civil remedy.

Any person committing those acts described in RCW 9A.84.010 shall be liable for damages in a civil action for actual costs incurred in proceeding under this section. It is provided that any such person proceeded against under this section need not be shown to have had actual knowledge that the information reported, conveyed or circulated was false, but rather that said information lacked a reasonable and justifiable basis from which an ordinarily prudent person could conclude that it was true. (Ord. 4334 § 6 (part), 2011)

11.84A.070 Public disturbance noises.

It is unlawful for any person to cause, or for any person in possession of property to allow to originate from the property, sound that is a public disturbance noise. The following sounds are determined to be public disturbance noises:

(1) The frequent, repetitive or continuous sounding of any horn or siren attached to a motor vehicle or watercraft, except as a warning of danger or as specifically permitted or required by law;

(2) The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds in connection with the starting, operation, repair, rebuilding or testing of any motor vehicle, motorcycle, off-highway vehicle, watercraft or internal combustion engine within a residential district, so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of owners or possessors of real property;

(3) Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on or near the public streets, particularly between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m. or at any time and place so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of owners or possessors of real property;

(4) The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds which emanate from any building, structure, apartment, condominium or watercraft, which unreasonably interferes with the peace, comfort and repose of owners or possessors of real property, such as sounds from musical instruments, audio sound systems, band sessions or social gatherings;

(5) Sound from any motor vehicle or watercraft audio sound systems, such as tape players, radios, docking stations and compact disc players, operated at a volume so as to be audible greater than fifty feet from the vehicle or three hundred feet from the watercraft itself;

(6) Sound from portable audio equipment, such as tape players, radios, docking stations and compact disc players, operated at a volume so as to be audible greater than fifty feet from the source, and if not operated upon the property of the operator;

(7) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to regularly scheduled events at parks, such as public address systems for baseball games or park concerts.

Provided, that the foregoing enumeration of acts and noises not be construed as excluding other acts and noises which offend the public peace. And provided further, that vessels or watercraft participating in city sponsored or permitted events in which boat participation is a planned element of the event shall not be in violation of this section. (Ord. 4356 § 2, 2012: Ord. 4334 § 6 (part), 2011)