1969-025AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DISORDERLY CONDUCT, PROVIDING PENAL-
TIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
PART I
That Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Denton, Texas,
is hereby amended by adding new Section 14-48 to sa~d Chapter
which Code shall hereafter read as follows
SECTION 14-48
(1) Definitions A person shall be gm~lty of d~sorderly
conduct ~f, with a purpose to cause public danger, alarm, dis-
order, nuisance or if with the knowledge that he is l~kely to
create such public damger, alarm, d~sorder or nuisance he w~l-
fully
(a :reates a d~sturbanc~ of the public order by an act
of violence or by any act likely to produce v~olence,
or
(b engages ~n f~ghtlng, or ~n wolent, threatening or
tumultuous behavior, or
(c makes any unreasonably loud no~se, or
(d addresses abusive language or threats to any person
present which creates a clear and present danger of
violence, or
(e) causes l~kellhood of harm or serious ~nconvenlence
by fa~l~ng to obey a lawful order of d~spersal by a
police officer, where three or more persons are com-
mitting acts of disorderly conduct ~n the immediate
vicinity, or
(f) damages, befouls or d~sturbs public property or pro-
perty of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy
or physically offensive condition, and
(g) commits a~espass on private property or on public
property T~espass for the purpose of th~s ordinance
shall mean,
(1) Entering upon, or refusing to leave, any private
property of another, either where such property has
been posted with "NO TRESPASSING' signs, or where
~mmedlately prior to such entry, or subsequent thereto,
not~ce is given by or on behalf of the owner or occu-
pant, orally or in writing, that such entry, or con-
tinued presence, ~s prohibited
(2) Entering upon, or refusing to leave, any public
property in wolat~on of regulat~ens promulgated by
the official charged w~th the security, care or main-
tenance of the property and approved by the governing
body of the public agency owning property, wb~re such
regulations have been conspicuously posted or where
~mmedlately prior to such entry, or subsequent there-
to, such regulations are made known by the official
charged with the security, care or maintenance of the
property, his agent or a police officer
This ordinance shall not apply to peaceful p~cketlng, public
speaking or other lawful expressions of opinion not ~n contraven-
tion of other laws
PART II
OFFENSE It shall be unlawful for any person to engage ~n
disorderly conduct in the City of Denton
PENALTIES Any person conwcted of violating this ordinance
shall, upon conv~ctlon, be subject to pay a f~ne not exceeding
$200 00, as provided in Section 1-5 of this Code
PART III
SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of th~s ordinance ~s for any reason held to be uncon-
stitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance The City Council hereby
declares that ~t would have passed this ordinance and each
~ectlon, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irres-
pective of the fact that any one o~ more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional
PART IV
EFFECTIVE DATE This this ordinance shall be effective
fourteen days from the date of ~ts passage, and the C~ty Secre-
tary ls hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance
to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle wlthln
ten (10) days of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this // day of ,~ ~-"~'~ ,
A D 1969
L A NELSON~ MAYOR
CITY OF DENTO~ TEXAS
ATTEST/~
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
JA,C~ B~A~TON, C~ YTYT~TTORNEY
C~/~ OF DENTON, TEXAS