§ 86-2. Disorderly conduct.  


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  • (a)

    No person shall remain, loiter or prowl in a place, at a time, or in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity, after having been ordered to clear such place by the county police.

    (b)

    No person shall act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another whereby any other person is placed in fear of safety of his life, limb or health, or whereby the property of another is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged.

    (c)

    No person shall endanger the lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, angry threats or abusive conduct.

    (d)

    No person shall cause, provoke or engage in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another.

    (e)

    No person shall assembly or congregate with another or others for the purpose of causing, provoking or engaging in any fight or brawl.

    (f)

    No person shall jostle, roughly crowd or push any person in any public place.

    (g)

    No person shall use "fighting words," or loud and boisterous language, directed towards another so as to create a breach of the peace potentially dangerous to the safety of persons or property.

    (h)

    No person shall congregate with another or others in or on any public way or place so as to halt or impede the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic after having been directed to clear such public way or place when ordered by the county police.

(Ord. of 8-23-77; Ord. of 2-23-82, § 1; Code 1977, § 3-17.5-1)

State law reference

Riot, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-30; inciting to riot, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-31; obstructing public passages, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-43.