ORDINANCE NO. 2.02

AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH WHAT CONSTITUTES DISORDERLY CONDUCT

THE CITY OF CRYSTAL FALLS ORDAINS:

Section 1. Definitions. The term "public place" as used in this ordinance shall mean any street, alley, park, public building, any place of business or assembly open to or frequented by the public, and any other place which is open to the public view, or to which the public has access.

Section 2. Disorderly Conduct. No person shall:

C.    Discharge any firearms, air rifle, or sling shot, nor shall any person have any air rifle or sling shot in his possession in any street, or park, except the same be securely wrapped or encased;

D.    Engage in peeping in the windows of any inhabited place;

E.    Beg in any public place;

F.    Swim or bathe in the nude in any public place;

G.    Willfully destroy or damage or in any manner deface, destroy, or injure any property not his own, or any publicly owned building, bridge, fire hydrant, alarm box, street light, street sign, or shade tree, or mark or post hand bills on or in any manner mar the walls of any public building, or any fence, tree, or pole within the City, or take, or meddle with any property belonging to the City or remove the same from the building or place where it may be kept, placed, standing, or stored, without authority from the City Manager or other official custodian of said property;

H.    Accost, molest, or otherwise annoy, either by touching or by word of mouth, or by sign or motion, any person in any public place with intent to interfere with or abuse that person or culpably offend his dignity or sensibilities;

I.    Urinate, defecate, or spit on any street, sidewalk, alley, parking lot or structure, public carrier, or upon any public building or place of public assemblage; except where an approved sanitary facility is provided and used;

J.    Jostle or roughly crowd persons in any street, alley, park or public building; or conduct oneself in any public place so as to obstruct the fee and uninterrupted passage of the public;

K.    Knowingly attend, frequent, operate or loiter in or about any place where prostitution, gambling, the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor, controlled substances, or any other illegal business or occupation is permitted or conducted;

L.    Solicit or accost any person for the purpose of engaging in prostitution or any illegal or immoral act;

M.    Keep or maintain a gaming room, gaming table, or any policy or pool tickets, used for gaming; knowingly suffer a gaming room, gaming tables, or any policy or pool tickets to be kept, maintained, played or sold on any premises occupied or controlled by him except as permitted by law; conduct or attend any cock fight or dog fight; or place, receive, or transmit any bet on the outcome of any race, contest, or game of any kind whatsoever;

N.    Assault, obstruct, resist, hinder, or oppose any member of the police force, any peace officer, or fireman in the discharge of his duties as such;

O.    Summon, as a joke or prank or otherwise any good reason therefore, by telephone or otherwise, the Police or the Fire Department or any public or private ambulance to go to any address where the service called for is not needed;

P.    Wrongfully throw or propel any snowball, missile or object from any moving automobile;

Q.    Wrongfully throw or propel any snowball, missile or object toward any person or automobile;

R.    Maliciously telephone any other person for the purpose of harassing, molesting, threatening, intimidating or annoying such other person or his family, whether or not conversation ensues;

S.    Make a false report, by telephone or otherwise, to any public official which may be reasonably expected to cause the evacuation or closing of a building or place open to the public.

T.    Falsely impersonate a police officer, fireman, or housing, building or zoning code enforcer for the purpose of gaining entry to private property, or access to private records, or access to public records which would not otherwise be subject to public disclosure under law.

Section 3. A. Any person violating this ordinance shall be deemed to have committed a civil infraction, subject to the payment of civil fines of $50.00 plus costs, for the first violation.

Any repeat offense shall be subject to increased fines, as follows:

First repeated offense shall be no less than $150.00 plus costs.

A fine for any second repeated offense or any subsequent repeated offense shall be no less than $250.00 plus costs.

Section 4. This ordinance shall take immediate effect to provide for the usual daily operation of the City as outlined in Sec. 8.3b of the City Charter; further, this is only an edited and renumbered version of an ordinance previously adopted.

ORIGINAL ADOPTION DATE: 05/31/80