19860325 1986-16ORDINANCE NO. 1986-16
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-10 OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA TO ESTABLISH THE OFFENSE OF
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
;irginia that Section 14-10 of the Code of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia be and hereby is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
"Section 14-10. Unlawful Assembly.
(a) Every person who participates in an unlawful
assembly shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
(b) Every person, except the owner or lessee of
the premises, his family and nonrioting guests, and
public officers and persons assisting them, remaining
present at the place of an unlawful assembly after
having been lawfully warned to disperse, shall be
guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
(c) An "unlawful assembly" occurs whenever three
(3) or more persons assembled share the common intent
to advance some lawful or unlawful purpose by the
commission of an act or acts of unlawful force or
violence likely to jeopardize seriously public safety,
peace or order, and the assembly actually tends to
inspire persons of ordinary courage with well-grounded
fear of serious and immediate breaches of public
safety, peace or order."
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
~xecution by the Mayor.
INTRODUCED: March 11, 1986
PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL: March 25, 1986
%DOPTED: ~.~mrch 25, 1986