A person commits a petty theft when the value of the property
is under $300 and he knowingly:
(A) Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner;
or
(B) Obtains by deception, control over property of the owner; or
(C) Obtains by threat, control over property of the owner; or
(D) Obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to have
been stolen by another or under such circumstances as would reasonably
induce him to believe that the property was stolen; and
(1)
Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit
of the property;
(2)
Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the property in such a
manner as to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit;
(3)
Uses, conceals or abandons the property, knowing such use, concealment
or abandonment probably will deprive the owner permanently of such
use or benefit.
(E) It shall be unlawful to commit a petty theft.
Any of the following acts by a person shall be a violation of
this Code.
(A) To knowingly damage any property of another without his consent;
or
(B) Recklessly, by means of fire or explosive, damage property of another;
or
(C) Knowingly start a fire on the land of another without his consent;
or
(D) Knowingly injure a domestic animal of another without his consent;
or
(E) Knowingly deposit on the land or in the building of another, without
his consent, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound and
thereby, intend to interfere with the use by another of the land or
building. (See 720 ILCS 5/21-1.)
No person shall willfully and maliciously cut, injure, damage,
tamper with or destroy or deface any fire hydrant or any fire hose
or any fire engine, or other public or private fire-fighting equipment
or any apparatus appertaining to such equipment, or to intentionally
open any fire hydrant without proper authorization. (See 720 ILCS
5/21-1.1.)
It shall be unlawful to willfully, maliciously, or negligently
break, deface, injure or destroy any telegraph or telephone pole,
post or wire, or any electric lightpost, pole, or electric conductor,
wire or lamp or any other thing connected with the same or belonging
thereto, or any water main, gas main, pipe or hydrant or lamp or lamppost,
or anything belonging to or connected therewith or with any of them.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, in any manner
or form, to deface, disfigure, damage or molest any of the street
signs or parts thereof located in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly and without lawful
authority alter, destroy, deface, remove or conceal any public notice,
posted according to law, during the time for which the notice was
to remain posted. (See 720 ILCS 5/32-9.)
The practice of riding or propelling oneself upon a device commonly
known or referred to as a skateboard, roller skates or blade skates,
is hereby prohibited upon any publicly-owned property within the Village
limits.