§ 602.407. Obstruction of proceedings by City officers or employees.

It is a violation of this Chapter for an officer or employee of the City to:

(a)

Corruptly, or by threat of force, or by any intimidating letter or communication, to endeavor to influence, intimidate or impede any witness in any proceeding pending before any City agency or in connection with any inquiry or investigation being had by a City agency. However, this subsection is not intended to prevent the normal information gathering and witness interviewing process associated with the preparation for any filing, hearing, or trial.

(b)

With intent to avoid, evade, prevent or obstruct compliance in whole or in part with any investigative demand duly and properly made under any law or rule made pursuant to law, wilfully to remove from any place, conceal, destroy, mutilate, alter or by other means falsify any documentary material which is the subject of the demand.

(c)

Corruptly, or by threat of force, or by any intimidating letter or communication, to influence, obstruct or impede or to endeavor to influence, obstruct or impede the due and proper administration of the law in any proceeding before any City agency or in connection with any inquiry or investigation being had by any City agency.

(d)

Intentionally to disrupt, obstruct or impede or to endeavor to disrupt, obstruct or impede the conduct of any public meeting of any City agency.

(e)

Intentionally to do any act or attempt to do any act which any reasonable person would know would disrupt, obstruct or impede the conduct of any public meeting before any City agency.

(f)

To refuse to comply with the directives, requests or orders of any presiding officer of any public meeting of any City agency.

(g)

Intentionally do or act or attempt to do any act which any reasonable person would know would prevent any person from appearing or speaking before any City agency at any public meeting.

(h)

Intentionally refusing, after warning, to obey the rules of decorum before any City agency at any public meeting.

(Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-329-E, § 3; Ord. 2011-232-E, § 3; Ord. 2014-457-E, § 1)

Note— Former § 602.507.