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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 396
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, CREATING SECTION
IS-7A OF THE SEWARD CITY CODE RELATING
TO THE REGULATION OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
THE CITY OF SEWARD ORDAINS:
Section 1. That Section 15-7A is hereby created to
reael as follows:
Sec. IS-7A. Disorderly Conduct.
(a) A person who does any of the following
is guilty of disorderly conduct:
(1) In a public place, repeatedly or
continuously shouts, blows a horn,
plays a musical or recording or ampli-
fying instrument, or otherwise generates
loud noises intending to disturb or
acting with reckless disregard for the
peace and privacy of others, or, in a
private place, engages in the same
conduct with the same intent or reck-
less disregard, having been informed
by another that the conduct is disturbing
the peace and privacy of others not in
the same place;
(2) In a public place, when a criminal
offense has occurred, refuses to comply
with a lawful order of the police to
disburse, or in a private place refuses
to compl;, with an order of the police
to leave a premises in which he has
neither a right of occupancy nor the
expressed invitation to remain of the
person having the right of possession;
(3) In a public or private place, chal-
lenges another to fight, or engages in
fighting other than in self-defense; or
(4) In a public or private place,
knowingly or recklessly creats a hazardous
condition for others by an act which has
no legal justification or excuse.
(b) Upon conviction, a person who is guilty
of disorderll conduct is punishable by
a fine of net more than $300.00 or by
imprisonment for not more than ten days,
or by both.
(c) In a prosecution under (a)(l) of this
section
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(l) If the loud noise constitutes speech,
the content of speech or evidence of
specific words used by the defendant is
admissible in evidence against him only
as permitted by court rule;
(2) "Loud noise" in a public place
means noise which is loud enough to
inhibit the ability of the average
person in the same place to speak
freely and to easily hear another
who is speaking freely as an average
person would be able to do in the
absence of the "loud noise" without
leaving the public place;
(3) "Loud noise" in a private place
means nvise wbich is loud enough to
awaken the average person sleeping
in a place other than the private
place.
Cd) In this section, a "public place" is a
place where the public is permitted to
assemble, enter, or pass through,
whether publicly or privately maintained,
including but not limited to places
of accommodation. transportation,
business and entertainment, or any
other place which is not a private
place.
Section 2. That this ordinance takes effect i..e-
di.t~ly upon passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROV~D by the City Council of the City
of Soward, Alaska, this
day of
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GANTZ a CLARI, Attorneys
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