§ 38-51. Obstructing highway or other passageway.

(a)

It shall be unlawful to obstruct a highway or other passageway. A person commits the crime of obstruction of a highway or other passageway, when any person:

(1)

If without legal privilege, to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: Obstruct a highway, street, roadway, sidewalk, railway, transit way, waterway, building entrance, elevator, escalator, aisle, stairway, or hallway to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access or any other place used for the passage or conveyance of persons or vehicles, whether the obstruction arises from defendant's acts alone or from his or her acts and the acts of others; or

(2)

Disobeys a reasonable request or order to move issued by a person the individual knows to be a peace officer, firefighter or person with authority to control the use of the premises to prevent obstruction of a highway or passageway.

(b)

For purposes of this section, "obstruct" or "obstruction" means to render impassable, or to render passage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous.

(Ord. No. 18-18, § 1, 4-16-2019)