Disorderly conduct generally.

Norfolk City Code § 29-10

in effect

Sec. 29-10. - Disorderly conduct generally. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening or tumultuous behavior; or (2) Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons; or (3) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or (4) Otherwise creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act, which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor; or (5) In any street, highway, public building or while in or on a public conveyance or public place engages in conduct having a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, such conduct is directed; or (6) Willfully or being intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts any meeting of the governing body of any political subdivision of this commonwealth or division or agency thereof, or of any school, literary society or place of religious worship, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting, or (ii) has direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed; or (7) Willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administrated alcohol or other drugs of whatever nature, disrupts the operation of any school or any activity conducted or sponsored by any school, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity, or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed. However, the conduct prohibited under paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) of this section shall not be deemed to include the utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise made punishable under this Code. The person in charge of any such building, place, conveyance, meeting, operation or activity may eject therefrom any person who violates any provision of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who may be called upon for such purpose. For the purposes of the section, "public" shall include, but not be limited to affecting or likely to affect persons in a neighborhood, highway, street, hospital, jail or other institution, apartment house, office building, public conveyance, shop, public building or other place to which the public or a substantial group has access. A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Code 1958, § 31-17; Ord. No. 39,522, § 1, 3-23-99)

Source: City of Norfolk, Virginia, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/norfolk/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COCI_CH29OFIS_S29-10DICOGEFetched: 11/1/2026