19780214 1978-4 ORDINANCE No. 1978-4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-7
OF THE 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. Disorderily conduct.
"A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if, with
the purpose of causing public danger, alarm, disorder, nuisance,
or if his conduct is likely to cause public danger, alarm, disorde
or nuisance, he wilfully does any of the following acts in a
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;
(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;
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(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 attemptin
to incite a riot;
(h) Damages, befouls, or disturbs public property or the
property of another so as to create a 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 traveling 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 immedi-
ate vicinity, and the public health and safety is imminently
threatened.
Disorderly conduct shall be a Class I misdemeanor.
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
Introduced: January 17, 1978
Adopted: February 14, 1978
Attest: