New Franklin Disorderly Conduct Prohibited ordinance (§ 210.230)

A. Disorderly Conduct. A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if he/she:

1. Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby the property of any person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged;

2. Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic so as to interfere with the rights of others by any act which serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by any Law Enforcement Officer or other lawful authority known to be such;

3. Fails to obey a lawful order to disperse by a Law Enforcement Officer, when known to be such a Law Enforcement Officer, where one (1) or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity and in the public health and safety is imminently threatened;

4. In addition to those instances addressed by Sections 574.060, 575.030. 575.150 and 575.160, RSMo., willfully fails or refuses to comply with any lawful order or direction of a Law Enforcement Officer in the discharge of his/her official duties or hinders, resists, obstructs or otherwise interferes with the discharge of those duties when the person exercising those duties is known to be a Law Enforcement Officer;

5. Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby that other is placed in danger of his/her life, limb or health; or

6. Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation by acts of violence.

B. Unlawful Assembly. A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he/she knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this City, State or of the United States with force or violence.

C. Rioting. A person commits the offense of rioting if he/she knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this City, State or of the United States with force or violence and thereafter, while still so assembled, does violate any of said laws with force or violence.

D. Refusal To Disperse. A person commits the offense of refusal to disperse if, being present at the scene of an unlawful assembly or at the scene of a riot, he/she knowingly fails or refuses to obey the lawful command of a Law Enforcement Officer to depart from the scene of such unlawful assembly or riot.

E. Penalties. Any violations of this Section is a misdemeanor.