Conduct disrupting city council meeting prohibited.
Reno Administrative Code § 8.12.024
in effectSec. 8.12.024 - Conduct disrupting city council meeting prohibited.
(a) Decorum in Council Meetings. Meetings of the city council should be conducted in an orderly manner to ensure that the deliberative process of the council is retained at all times and that the public has an opportunity to be heard. The presiding officer of the council, who shall be the mayor, assistant mayor, or, in their absence, another council member so designated by a majority of the council members present, shall have the authority to maintain the order and decorum of meetings in accordance with subsections (b), (c), and (d) below.
(b) Rules of Decorum. While any meeting of the city council is in session, the following rules of order and decorum shall be observed:
(1) Persons Addressing the Council. Any person addressing the council during a council meeting who engages in any conduct which disrupts, disturbs or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of any council meeting shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below.
(2) Members of the Audience. Any person in the audience at a council meeting who engages in any conduct which disturbs, disrupts or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of any council meeting shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below.
(c) Enforcement of Decorum. This ordinance shall be enforced in the following manner:
(1) Removal from meeting. If any person willfully disrupts a council meeting in violation of this ordinance, the presiding officer, after giving a warning if reasonable under the circumstances, may order him or her to leave the meeting, and may, at the discretion of the presiding officer, bar such person from further audience before the council during that meeting. If such person does not remove himself or herself, the presiding officer may request the city manager or the designee of the city manager to remove or cause the removal of that person from the council meeting.
(2) Penalty. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Adjournment. If a meeting of the council is disrupted in such a manner as to make the restoration of order improbable or infeasible, the meeting may be adjourned or continued by the presiding officer or a majority of the council members present, and any remaining council business may be considered at the next meeting.
(Ord. No. 5604, § 1, 10-13-04)
Source: City of Reno, Nevada, Administrative Code, City Charter and Annexation and Land Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/reno/codes/administrative_code?nodeId=PT2READCO_TIT8PUPESAMO_CH8.12OFAGPUPE_S8.12.024CODICOMEPRFetched: 11/1/2026