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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 16 of 2004
(Disturbing the Peace)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11.12.020 OF THE SALT LAKE
CITY CODE, RELATING TO DISTURBING THE PEACE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 11.12.020 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to
Disturbing the Peace,be, and the same hereby is, amended as follows:
11.12.020 Disturbing the Peace:
A. A person is guilty of disturbing the peace if such person:
1. Refuses to comply with the lawful order of the police to move from a public
place;
2. Knowingly creates a hazardous condition;
3. Intending to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a
risk thereof:
a. Engages in fighting, violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior,
b. Uses words and/or does or makes any unreasonable act, gesture, or display that
are intended to cause acts of violence or are inherently likely to cause a violent reaction
by the person to whom the words or the act, gesture, or display are addressed and that,
under the circumstances, create a clear and present danger of a breach of the peace or
imminent threat of violence.
c. Makes unreasonably loud noises in a private place that can be heard in a public
place,
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d. Maliciously or wilfully disturbs the peace or quiet of another or of any public
place by making an unreasonably loud noise or by discharging firearms, or
e. Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic, except as allowed pursuant to the
provisions of chapter 3.50 of this code.
B. "Public place," for the purpose of this section, means any place to which
the public or a substantial group of the public has access, and includes,but is not limited
to, streets,highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses,
office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
C. Disturbing the peace is a class C misdemeanor if the offense continues
after a request by a person to desist. Otherwise it is an infraction.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of
its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 16 day of
March , 2004.
HAIRPER SON
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Transmitted to Mayor on March 19, 2004
Mayor's Action: r Approved. Vetoed.
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Published: March 26, 2004
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