(A) It shall be unlawful to commit harassment. A person commits harassment if, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person, he or she:

(1) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him or her to physical contact;

(2) In a public place directs obscene language or makes an obscene gesture to or at another person;

(3) Follows a person in or about a public place;

(4) Initiates communication with a person, anonymously or otherwise by telephone, computer, computer network, or computer system in a manner intended to harass or threaten bodily injury or property damage, or makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal by telephone, computer, computer network, or computer system that is obscene;

(5) Makes a telephone call or causes a telephone to ring repeatedly, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate conversation;

(6) Repeatedly insults, taunts, or challenges another in a manner calculated to or likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response; or

(7) Makes repeated communications at inconvenient hours that invade the privacy of another and interfere in the use and enjoyment of another's home or private residence or other private property.

(B) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, obscene means a patently offensive description of ultimate sexual acts or solicitation to commit ultimate sexual acts, whether or not said ultimate sexual acts are normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, or excretory functions.

(C) Any act prohibited by paragraph (A)(4) or (A)(5) of this section may be deemed to have occurred or to have been committed at the place at which the telephone call, electronic mail, or other electronic communication was either made or received. (Ord. 707 §1, 1986; Ord. 1545 §1, 2001)