Glasgow Peace Disturbance ordinance (§ 210.670)
Chapter 210: Offenses · Article V. Offenses Concerning Public Peace
In short: It's illegal to unreasonably and knowingly disturb or alarm others through loud noise, face-to-face offensive language likely to provoke an immediate violent response, threatening a felony, fighting, or creating a noxious odor, or to purposely obstruct traffic or building access in public or on someone else's property without consent.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if he/she:
1. Unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person or persons by:
a. Loud noise; or
b. Offensive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances which are likely to produce an immediate violent response from a reasonable recipient; or
c. Threatening to commit a felonious act against any person under circumstances which are likely to cause a reasonable person to fear that such threat may be carried out; or
d. Fighting; or
e. Creating a noxious and offensive odor.
2. Is in a public place or on private property of another without consent and purposely causes inconvenience to another person or persons by unreasonably and physically obstructing:
a. Vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or
b. The free ingress or egress to or from a public or private place.
Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 210.670
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.