Modesto |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 4. PUBLIC WELFARE, SAFETY AND HEALTH |
Chapter 7. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS |
Article 15. Acts Constituting Disorderly Conduct |
§ 4-7.1502. Disorderly Conduct.
It shall be unlawful for any person:
(a)
To use offensive, lewd, vulgar, licentious, profane, threatening, abusive or insulting language within the hearing of any other person to the annoyance of such person, in any public place, or any place open to the patronage of the public;
(b)
To engage in or be a party to any boisterous or offensive conduct or behavior in any public place or any place open to the patronage of the public;
(c)
To shout, or willfully make any loud raucous noise, either outside or inside a public building or a building open to the patronage of the public, to the annoyance or disturbance of any other person inside or outside said building;
(d)
To congregate with two (2) or more other persons on any public street or in any public place, or in any place open to the patronage of the public, when the purpose of so congregating is to annoy, disturb, or interfere with the lawful discharge or pursuit of any lawful business or occupation by any other person, or to maliciously interfere with or annoy any other person lawfully on such place, by words, act or conduct generally offensive to the community and to such person;
(e)
To become part of, or remain in a group of three (3) or more persons in any public place or any place open to the patronage of the public, when any member of such group is engaged in the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor; or when any member of such group is known to be about to engage in the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor, and after disobedience to a request to disperse has been made to such persons by a law enforcement officer or by the owner or person in charge of said premises;
(f)
To utter, or use within the hearing of any other person, any language, words, epithets, expressions or remarks, either intended to or likely to incite or create a breach of the peace;
(g)
To incite or encourage by words or conduct, disobedience to any lawful order or request of any law enforcement officer pursuant to and in the performance of his duties;
(h)
To park any automobile or other vehicle, whether attended or not, upon any private parking lot intended for the employees, customers, clients, or patrons of any professional, business, commercial or industrial establishment when such parking lot is posted at the entrance thereof in a conspicuous manner conveying the information to the public that such parking lot is reserved for such employees, customers, clients and patrons of said professional, business, commercial or industrial establishment;
(i)
To enter the premises, including the grounds of any private residence, for the purpose of participating in any festivity, party, social function, social affair, dance, ceremony or private gathering of persons, unless such person so entering the premises or grounds, was at the time of such entering, an invitee or guest of the occupant of said premises; and no person under false pretense of being an invitee or guest shall gain admittance to any such premises or grounds.
(Added by Ord. 378-C.S., amended by Ord. 3023-C.S., § 1, effective 2-27-97)