Chapter 11 OFFENSES*

Section 11-15 Disorderly conduct.

    (a)    Any person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if he:

    (1)    Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby any person is placed in  fear of safety for his life, limb or health;

    (2)    Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby public property or property of any other person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged;

    (3)    Endangers lawful pursuits of another  by acts of violence, angry threats and abusive  conduct;

    (4)    Causes, provokes or engages in  any fight, brawl or riotous conduct so as to endanger the  life, limb, health or property of another or public property;

    (5)    Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of causing, provoking or engaging in any fight or brawl;

    (6)    Jostles or roughly crowds or pushes any person in any public place;

    (7)    Collects in bodies or in crowds for unlawful purposes;

    (8)    Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of or with the intent to engage in gaming;

    (9)    Frequents any public place with intent to obtain money from another by an illegal and  fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice or device;

    (10)    Assembles with another or others for the purpose of engaging in any fraudulent scheme,  device or trick to obtain any valuable thing in any place or from any person in the city or aids or  abets therein;

    (11)    Utters, while in a state of anger, in the presence of another, any lewd or obscene words or epithets;

    (12)    Frequents any place where gaming or the illegal sale or possession of alcoholic beverages  or narcotics or dangerous drugs is practiced, allowed or tolerated;

    (13)    Acts in a dangerous manner toward  others;

    (14)    Uses "fighting words"  directed towards any person who becomes outraged and thus  creates turmoil;

    (15)    Assembles or congregates with  another or others for the purpose of doing bodily harm to  another;

    (16)    By acts of violence, interferes  with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation;

    (17)    Congregates with another or others in or on any public way so as to halt the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by a peace officer or other person having authority;

    (18)    Makes any unreasonably loud and  unnecessary noise;

    (19)    Damages, befouls or disturbs public property or the property of another so as to create a  hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive condition;

    (20)    Enters upon the premises of any  business establishment carrying any broken or unbroken  packages of alcoholic beverages for the purpose of consumption thereon, unless the owner of the  establishment is licensed by the city to sell beer or wine or mixed drinks.

    (b)    Any person convicted of disorderly  conduct, as defined in this section, shall be punished as  provided in section 1-6.

(Code 1958,  16-8)