Article 2. Local Provisions
6.2.1. Resisting arrest.
Resisting Arrest is the use or force, or threat of force, to resist, obstruct or interfere with the arrest of a person or persons by a law enforcement officer or by a private person summoned and directed by a law enforcement officer to make the arrest, even if the person being arrested or other person resisting, obstructing or interfering with the arrest believes the arrest is unlawful.
Resisting Arrest is a class A violation.
6.2.2. Urinating in public.
Urinating in Public is urinating upon any highway, street, alley, sidewalk, park, upon the premises of any public place or building, or upon any public or private property in open view of any person, when the same has not been designed or designated as a rest room.
Urinating in Public is a class C violation.
6.2.3. Window peeping.
Any person, other than the occupants of the room, dwelling, apartment, rooming house, or apartment house involved, who goes upon private property, without the permission of the owner or lessee thereof, and looks into a window of such room, dwelling, apartment, rooming house, or apartment house to observe the personal conduct of any other person or persons entitled to privacy therein is guilty of “window peeping”.
Window Peeping is a class C violation.
6.2.4. Possession of drugs.
Possession of Drugs is manufacturing, possessing, controlling, prescribing, administering, delivering, distributing, dispensing, or compounding any depressant, stimulant or hallucinogenic drug in violation of the Kansas Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Possession of Drugs is a class A violation.
6.2.5. Sound amplification systems prohibited.
A. No person in an open space or within a structure, whether on public or private property, shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system so that the sound is audible at a distance of 150 or more feet from the sound amplification system.
B. “Sound amplification system” means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker, or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound. “Audible” means any sound produced by a sound amplification system which clearly can be heard at a distance of 150 feet or more. Words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included. “Heard” means perceived by the auditory senses. Distance may be measured upon direct line of sight.
C. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this Article that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that either of the following apply:
1. The system was being operated to request medical or other emergency assistance or to warn of a hazardous condition;
2. The system was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions and other activities which have the approval of the Governing Body of the City of Bel Aire or the department of the City of Bel Aire authorized to grant such approval.
(Ord. 375)