It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously or willfully
start a fire or cause an explosion with the purpose of destroying
or damaging any building, occupied structure or property of another,
or bridge, utility line, fence or sign; or with the purpose of destroying
or damaging any property, whether the person's own or another's
to collect insurance for such loss.
It shall be unlawful for any person, unless authorized by any
provision of this Code or other ordinance of this City or a permit
issued by the Mayor or a duly authorized official, department or employee
of this City, to remove, carry away, tamper with, write upon, interfere
with, advertise on, change or alter in any manner any:
A. Park or public square property, including the grass, flowers, shrubs,
bulbs or any other property growing in or upon any of the parks or
public squares of the City, or any property in or upon the public
squares or parks.
B. Library property, including any book, periodical, map, newspaper,
place, engraving or other property belonging to the City and constituting
part of the property devoted to public library use.
C. Public utility property, whether owned by the City or by any public
utility located on, in or along, any street or sidewalk, or operating
in or using any area in the City.
D. Public property, including any building or part of a building; any
material, apparatus, fixture, appliance or document belonging to the
City; any parts or appurtenances of a fire alarm, telegraph or police
signal system, or any street or traffic light system; any water, hydrant,
reservoir or sewer system; any public bridge, viaduct or tunnel; any
tree, shrub, tree stake or guard in any public street or place; or
any other property of whatever kind or character, owned or leased
by the City, the county, the state or the United States government
or any political subdivisions or departments thereof and not specifically
enumerated in this section.
It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain any service, food,
drink, goods, wares, merchandise, or other thing of value without
paying therefor, and with the intent to cheat or defraud the owner
or person supplying such service, food, drink, goods, wares, merchandise,
or other thing of value.
It shall be unlawful for any person fraudulently to enter any
theater, ballroom, lecture, concert or other place without payment
of the proper admission fee; provided, however, that nothing contained
in this section shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict the free admission
of police officers engaged in the performance of police duties to
any place of public amusement or entertainment.