City of Lacey, Washington Municipal Code Title 9, Chapter 9.24

LACEY MUNICIPAL CODE

A Codification of the General Ordinances of the City of Lacey, Washington

Title 9: PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS

Chapter 9.24

CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

Sections:

9.24.010 Disorderly conduct

9.24.020 Riot

9.24.030 Failure to disperse

9.24.040 Keeping a disorderly house

9.24.050 False reporting

9.24.060 Disrupting school activities

9.24.070 Interfering with public event

9.24.080 Loud sounds prohibited

9.24.010 Disorderly conduct.

A. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if he intentionally:

1. Uses abusive language or engages in conduct and thereby creates a risk of assault, riot or other public disturbance which may endanger the safety of persons or property; or

2. Disrupts any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority; or

3. Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority.

B. Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).

9.24.020 Riot.

A. A person is guilty of riot if, acting with three or more other persons, he knowingly and unlawfully uses or threatens to use force, or in any way participates in the use of such force against any other person or against property.

B. Riot is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).

9.24.030 Failure to disperse.

A. A person is guilty of failure to disperse if he congregates with a group of three or more other persons and there are acts or conduct within that group which create a substantial risk of causing injury to any person, or substantial harm to property, and he refuses or intentionally fails to disperse when ordered to do so by a peace officer or other public servant engaged in enforcing or executing the law.

B. Failure to disperse is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).

9.24.040 Keeping a disorderly house.

A. A person is guilty of keeping a disorderly house if he:

1. Keeps any house or place of business and suffers or permits therein at any time any riotous or disorderly conduct, drunkenness or fighting to the annoyance of the public; or

2. Keeps any house of public resort wherein the peace, comfort, quietude or decency of the public may be suffered or permitted to be disturbed or keeps any inn, hotel, lodginghouse, boardinghouse, barroom or saloon in a disorderly house.

B. Keeping a disorderly house is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).

9.24.050 False reporting.

A. A person is guilty of false reporting if, with knowledge that the information reported, conveyed or circulated is false, he initiates or circulates a false report or warning of an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, crime, catastrophe or emergency, knowing that such false report is likely to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly or transportation facility or to cause public inconvenience or alarm.

B. False reporting is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).

9.24.060 Disrupting school activities.

A. A person is guilty of disrupting school activities if he comes upon any schoolground or any street, sidewalk or public way adjacent thereto and willfully engages in conduct which causes or threatens to cause material disruption of the activities of such school.

B. Disrupting school activities is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).

9.24.070 Interfering with public event. No person shall physically interfere with the activity of a public event in a manner which disrupts the activity or causes participants therein to be seriously distracted from their performance. For purposes of this section, “activity” shall include any parade, procession, race, game, exhibition or similar activity which is conducted on a public street or streets and is a scheduled part of a public event. The term “public event” shall be defined as set forth in Section 10.15.010 of this code. Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor. (Ord. 695 §2, 1984).

9.24.080 Loud sounds prohibited. It is unlawful for any person willfully to cause, or, being in possession of real property, a motor vehicle, equipment or other source of sound willfully to allow sound to emanate from such property, vehicle or equipment which is plainly audible within any dwelling unit located within a residentially zoned district of the city and which sound is of such loudness, frequency, duration, or unreasonable time of the day as to unreasonably disturb the peace and comfort of owners or possessors of dwelling units within such residential district when such owners or possessors are within such dwelling units. Provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to sounds created by emergency equipment operated by law enforcement, fire department or medical emergency personnel. A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor. (Ord. 913 §1, 1991).

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