Disorderly Conduct; Defined & Punished

(a)A person is guilty of disorderly conduct, if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:

(1)engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior;

(2)makes unreasonable noise or offensively coarse utterance, gesture or display, or addresses abusive language to any person present; or

(3)creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose of the defendant.

(b)As used in this Section, Apublic@ means affecting or likely to affect persons in a place to which the public or a substantial group has access. Among the places included are COL6/24/2021 CH. 61 RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES highways, transport facilities, schools, prisons, apartment houses, places of business or amusement, or any neighborhood.

(c)An offense under this Section is a petty misdemeanor if the defendant's intent is to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, or if he persists in disorderly conduct after reasonable warning or request to desist. Otherwise disorderly conduct is a violation.