Ordinance 1777 - Amends KMC 19-10 - Disorderly ConductORDINANCE NO. 1777
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING KALISPELL MUNICIPAL CODE 19-10 ENTITLED
DISTURBING THE PEACE, DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CODIFY THE SAME.
WHEREAS, it is necessary and prudent from time to time to amend certain Kalispell
Municipal Ordinances in order to reflect the current legal standards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Kalispell Municipal Code 19-10 entitled
"Disturbing the Peace" and finds it to be lacking in clarity and legal substance;
and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City and its residents to amend Kalispell Municipal
Code 19-10 as reflected in Exhibit "A" attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The City of Kalispell Municipal Code codified at 19-10 is hereby
repealed and replaced with the ordinance language as set forth in
Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated fully herein by this
reference.
SECTION II. The City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to recodify
these Ordinances.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its final
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL THIS 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016.
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EXHIBIT "A"
19-10 Disorderly conduct. (1) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if the person
knowingly, within the limits of the City, disturbs the peace by:
(a) quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting;
(b) making unreasonably loud uncustomary noise for that place and time;
(c) using threatening, profane, or abusive language;
(d) unreasonably impeding vehicular or pedestrian traffic;
(e) unreasonably impeding the free ingress or egress to public or private places;
(f) disturbing or disrupting any lawful assembly or public meeting;
(g) transmitting a false report or warning of a fire or other catastrophe in a place where its
occurrence would endanger human life;
(h) creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate
purpose;
(i) willfully discharging a firearm in a public place or on private property, except as allowed
under state law in the justified use of force or within a firearm shooting range permitted under
the land use laws of the city.
(2) No person shall permit any disturbance, described in this section, upon premises owned or
occupied by him or her.
(3) a person convicted of the offense of disorderly conduct shall be subject to the penalties
enumerated in Kalispell Municipal Code 1-9.