Municipal Code

CHAPTER 666 Peace Disturbances

666.01 Disorderly conduct.
666.02 Noise.
666.03 Unlawful assemblages.
666.04 Disturbing religious worship.
666.05 Disturbing the peace.
666.06 Picketing of residences and/or dwellings.
666.99 Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES
Disorderly persons - see M.C.L.A. 750.167
Disturbing meetings - see M.C.L.A. 750.169, 750.170
Authority of Council - see CHTR. Ch. III, §28
Barking and howling dogs - see GEN. OFF. 612.03

666.01 DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
No person shall make, aid, countenance or assist in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance, breach of the peace or diversion tending to a breach of the peace; create, assist in creating, permit, continue or permit the continuance of any unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the Village; be drunk or intoxicated, or engaged in any obscene or indecent conduct in a public place; collect in bodies or crowds for any unlawful purposes or for any purpose to the annoyance or disturbance of other persons; be idle or dissolute and go about begging; engage in cheating or any unlawful games or plays; be found in any house of ill fame or in gambling houses; engage in any window peeping; make any immoral exhibition or indecent exposure of himself or herself; lodge in or be found at any time in sheds, barns, stables or unoccupied buildings or public places not giving a good account of himself or herself; willfully assault another or become engaged in or aid in any fight, quarrel or other disturbance; engage in any fraudulent scheme, device or trick to obtain money or any other valuable thing, or aid, abet or in any manner be concerned therein; no person shall be a tout, roper, steerer or capper, so called, for any gambling house or house of ill fame, or so act for any person of either sex, who shall ply or attempt to ply his or her business in any public place; loiter in or about any hotel, barroom, tavern or gambling house; be disorderly in any public building, public place or bus terminal, or wander about the streets without any known means of support or without being able to give a satisfactory account of himself or herself; jostle or crowd persons in any street, alley or public place; have or carry any pistol, knife, dirk, knuckles, sling shot or other dangerous weapon, concealed on himself or herself; solicit or accost any persons for the purpose of committing any unlawful or immoral act; or publish, sell, offer for sale, give away, exhibit or possess for such purpose any obscene, indecent, lewd or immoral book, pamphlet, paper, picture, statuary, image or representation.
Any of the above acts or actions shall constitute and be deemed an action of disorderly conduct.
(Ord. 175. Passed 10-14-91.)

666.02 NOISE.
(a) Radios, Phonographs, Musical Instruments, Etc. No person shall create, assist in creating, permit, continue or permit the continuance of any unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the Village, by means of the playing of any radio, phonograph, television set, amplified or unamplified musical instruments, loudspeakers, tape recorders or electronic sound-producing devices, in such a manner or with such volume at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office or dwelling or other type of residence. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device either within or outside of a dwelling or structure, in such a manner as to be plainly audible on property or in a dwelling unit other than that on which it is located or on a public thoroughfare, shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this subsection.

(b) Construction. No person shall erect (including excavate), demolish, alter or repair any building, excavate any streets or highways or operate any machine or equipment on public or private property, on Sundays or legal holidays, and on other days except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety and when a permit therefor has first been obtained from the Village Clerk.
(Ord. 175. Passed 10-14-91.)

666.03 UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLAGES.
No person shall permit any noisy or riotous persons to assemble in any house owned, occupied or controlled by him or her to the annoyance or disturbance of the neighborhood and the public peace.
(Ord. 24. Passed 7-18-66.)

666.04 DISTURBING RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
No person shall disturb or disquiet any congregation or assembly met for religious worship by making any noise or profane discourse or engaging in any indecent behavior in or near the place of worship so as to disturb the solemnity of the meeting.
(Ord. 24. Passed 7-18-66.)

666.05 DISTURBING THE PEACE.
No person shall act in a violent, boisterous, turbulent quarrelsome, indecent or disorderly manner, or use profane, obscene or vulgar language, or commit any act or do anything to disturb the good order, peace and dignity of the Village, its inhabitants or other persons.
(Ord. 24. Passed 7-18-66.)

666.06 PICKETING OF RESIDENCES AND/OR DWELLINGS.
(a) Purpose. The Village Council has recognized the sanctity of the home and has determined that the public health and welfare and good order of the community require that the members of the community be allowed to enjoy the well being, tranquility and privacy of the home and, when absent from their homes and dwellings, to carry with them a sense of security inherent in the assurance that they may return to the enjoyment, tranquility and privacy of their homes and dwellings. The Village Council has also determined that the practice of picketing residences and/or dwellings causes emotional disturbance and distress to the occupants when such practice has as its object the harassing of said occupants. The Village Council has further determined that without resorting to such picketing, a full opportunity exists and, under the terms of this section, will continue to exist for the exercise of freedom of speech and other constitutional rights. Based on said determinations, the Village Council enacts this section to protect the public interests and to avoid the detrimental results set forth herein.

(b) Prohibition. No person, group of persons and/or association shall engage in picketing which takes place solely on the residence or dwelling of any individual of the Village of Franklin.
(Ord. 174. Passed 7-11-91.)

666.99 PENALTY.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 202.99 for general Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)