Sec. 16-18.
Disorderly conduct in public places.
A person is guilty of disorderly
conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or
recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:
(a) In any street, highway, public
building, or while in or on a public conveyance, or public place engages in conduct having
a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom,
individually, such conduct is directed; or
(b) Willfully or being intoxicated,
whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered
alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts any meeting of the governing body of
the County or a division or agency thereof, or of any school, literary society or place of
religious worship, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct
of the meeting or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or
persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed; or
(c) Willfully or while intoxicated,
whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered
alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts the operation of any school or any
activity conducted or sponsored by any school, if the disruption (i) prevents or
interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct
tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the
disruption is directed.
However, the conduct prohibited
under subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of this section shall not be deemed to include the
utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise made punishable under
this title.
The person in charge of any such
building, place, conveyance, meeting, operation or activity may eject therefrom any person
who violates any provision of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who
may be called upon for such purpose.
A person violating any provision of
this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. O97-2, 2/19/97) |