§ 3-17-2. Disorderly conduct—Defined.

The following described acts shall be deemed disorderly conduct and it shall be unlawful for any person to do or engage in any of the said following acts in the unincorporated area of Henry County:

(1)

Any person who shall act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby any person is placed in danger of or in fear of his safety, life, limb or health;

(2)

Any person who shall act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby public property or property of another person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged;

(3)

Any person who shall endanger or interfere with the lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence or threats of bodily harm;

(4)

Any person who shall cause, provoke or engage in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another or public property;

(5)

Any person who shall assemble or congregate with another or others and cause, provoke or engage in any fight or brawl;

(6)

Any persons who shall collect in bodies or in crowds and engage in unlawful activities;

(7)

Any person who shall assemble or congregate with another or others and engage or attempt to engage in gaming;

(8)

Any person who shall frequent any public place and obtain money from another by an illegal and fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice, or device or attempt to do so;

(9)

Any person who assembles with another or others and engages in any fraudulent scheme, device or trick to obtain or attempts to obtain any valuable thing in any place or from any person;

(10)

Any person who utters, in a public place or any place open to the public, any obscene words or epithets;

(11)

Any person who frequents any place or vehicle where gaming or the illegal sale or possession of alcoholic beverages or narcotics or dangerous drugs is practiced, allowed or tolerated;

(12)

Any person who shall use "fighting words" directed towards any person, causing said person to become outraged and thus create turmoil;

(13)

Any person who shall assemble or congregate with another or others and do bodily harm to another or property of another or public property;

(14)

Any person who shall, by acts of violence or threats thereof, interfere with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation;

(15)

Any person who shall congregate with another or others in or on any public way so as to halt the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by a peace officer or other person having authority;

(16)

Any person who damages, befouls or disturbs public property or the property of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive condition;

(17)

Any person who appears in public in an intoxicated state or condition, whether said intoxication is by alcohol and/or drugs;

(18)

Any person who exposes any part of his or her body in an indecent or rude manner;

(19)

Any person, who by and in any manner, creates loud noises which disrupt, disturb or otherwise interfere with the peace and tranquility of the public;

(20)

Any person who attempts to hinder, delay, obstruct or prevent any law enforcement officer from performing his/her duty;

(21)

Any person who keeps a disorderly house or house of ill fame and all adults residing in the house shall be considered a keeper;

(22)

Any person who lingers or loiters along public sidewalks, streets or public ways of the county;

(23)

Any person who fails or refuses to remove himself from the private property of another when requested to do so by the owner or occupant(s) thereof;

(24)

Any person who alone or in concert with others, with the intent of appropriating merchandise to his own use without paying for the same or to deprive the owner of possession thereof or the value thereof in whole or in part by concealing or taking possession of the goods or merchandise from a retail establishment, alters the price tag or other price marking of goods or merchandise of any store or retail establishment, wrongfully causes the amount paid to be less than the merchant's stated price for the merchandise of property or value thereof of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or less.

(Ord. No. 91-06, 9-24-91)