19750916 1975-44 ORDINANCE NO. 1975-44
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-7
OF TIlE FAIRFAX CITY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia that Section 14-7 of the Code of the
City of Fairfax,be, and hereby is, amended and reenacted
to read in its entirety as follows:
"Sec. 14-7. Disorderly conduct.
"A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if,
with the purpose of causing public danger, alarm, dis-
order, nuisance, or if his conduct is likely to cause
public danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance, he wilfully
does any of the following acts in a public place:
(a) Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous
manner toward another whereby that other is placed in
danger of his life, limb or health;
(b) 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;
(c) Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl
or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb,
health, or property of another;
(d) Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful
occupation by acts of violence;
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(e) Obstructs, either singly or together with other
persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and
refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by
the City Police or other lawful authority known to be
such;
(f) Resists or obstructs the performance of duties
by City Police or any other authorized official of the
city, when .known to be such an official;
(g) Incites, attempts to incite, or is involved in
attempting to incite a riot;
(h) Damages, befouls, or disturbs public property
or the property of another so as to createa hazardous,
unhealthy, or physically offensive condition;
(i) Makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous
and unreasonable noise or disturbance to the annoyance of
any other persons nearby, or near to any public highway,
road, street, lane, alley, park, square, or common, whereby
the public peace is broken or disturbed, or the travelling
public annoyed;
(j) Fails to obey a lawful order to disperse by a
police officer, when known to be such an official, where
one or more persons are committing acts of disorderly
conduct in the immediate vicinity, and the public health
and safety is imminently threatened."
This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its adoption.
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Introduced: September 2, 1975
Adopted: September 16, 1975
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Attest:
CityUCle~k