[Code 1979, § 9.102(29)]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to be found
with any instrument or thing used for the commission of burglary,
larceny or for picking locks or pockets, or anything used for obtaining
money under false pretenses, and unable to give a good accounting
for possession of such items.
[Amended 7-15-1996 by Ord. No. 96-07; 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01]
(a)
Posted properties. Any person who shall enter and or remain upon
the lands or premises of another without lawful authority, after having
been warned of the owner's regulations governing access to and
use of the property through the conspicuous posting of informational
signs is trespassing.
(b)
Nonposted properties. Any person who shall willfully enter upon the
lands or premises of another without lawful authority after having
been forbidden to do so by the owner, occupant, agent or servant of
the owner or occupant or a duly authorized police officer, or any
person being upon the land or premises of another, upon being notified
either verbally or in writing to depart therefrom by the owner, occupant,
agent or servant of the owner or occupant or a duly authorized police
officer, who without lawful authority neglects or refuses to depart
therefrom is trespassing.
(c)
Trespass on premises. No person shall enter willfully upon the lands
or premises of another without lawful authority, after having been
forbidden so to do by the owner or occupant, agent or servant of the
owner or occupant, or any person being upon the land or premises of
another, upon being notified to depart therefrom by the owner or occupant,
the agent or servant of either, without lawful authority, neglects
or refuses to depart therefrom.
(d)
Penalties. Anyone violating this section or any subsections, paragraphs,
clauses and parts hereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in the
county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or both such fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the court of competent jurisdiction.
[Code 1979, § 9.102(16); amended 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to maliciously
destroy, deface or injure any public property or any private property
not his own.
Any violation hereof is punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or both imprisonment
and fine.
[Code 1979, § 9.102(15); amended 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to print, cut,
mark, paint or design on or upon any wall, building, hall, fence,
walk or other structure of any kind or on any public place any indecent,
vile or obscene language, words, pictures or representations.
Any violation hereof is punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or both imprisonment
and fine.
[Code 1979, § 9.102(8), (9)]
(a)
LOITERING
PUBLIC PLACE
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Remaining idle in essentially one location and shall include
the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger; to stay;
to saunter; to delay; to stand around and also includes the colloquial
expression "hanging around."
Any place to which the general public has access and a right
of resort for business, entertainment or for lawful purpose, but does
not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public.
It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop,
restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds,
parking lots, area or parks.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to loiter, loaf,
wander, stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with others
in a public place in such a manner so as to:
(1)
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or
tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of
vehicles, traffic or pedestrians after having been told to move on
by a police officer.
(2)
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public
sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which
is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use
of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or
upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway,
public sidewalk or any other public place or building, all of which
prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress, therein,
thereon and thereto after having been told to move on by a police
officer.
(3)
Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without
so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish
of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge
of the building or premises.
[Code 1979, § 9.191; amended 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01]
No person of any age shall intentionally and/or willfully and/or
maliciously do any act which shall damage or destroy any property
of another or any publicly owned property in the City, or take part
in any disturbance or commotion wherein acts are done by any participant
therein intentionally and/or willfully and/or maliciously which shall
cause damage to any property of another, or which is publicly owned
in the City.
Any violation hereof is punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or both imprisonment
and fine.
[Code 1979, § 9.105]
(a)
Whoever willfully or negligently damages, detains or fails to return
to the public library a book, magazine, pamphlet, map, manuscript,
picture, microfilm, photograph, record, clipping or other property
belonging to such library, or who shall fail to pay the reasonable
value thereof, within 30 days from the date of notice addressed to
such person at the last known address given by such person to the
public library and which notice may be given at any time after the
date on which the person under the rules of the public library should
have returned the loaned property or material, shall be deemed guilty
of a violation of this section.
[Code 1979, § 9.103; amended 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01]
Any person who shall commit the offense of larceny by stealing of the property of another, any money, goods, chattels, or any bank note, bank bill, bond, promissory note, due bill, bill of exchange or other bill, draft, order or certificate of any book of account for or concerning any money, or goods due or to become due or to be delivered, or any deed or writing containing a conveyance of land or any other valuable contract is force, or any receipt, release or conveyance or any written process of public record of a value of $100 or less shall be guilty of a violation of this Code punishable as prescribed in § 1-14 of this Code.
[Code 1979, § 9.111; amended 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01]
Any person who shall buy, receive or aid in the concealment of any stolen, embezzled or converted money, goods or property knowing them to have been stolen, embezzled or converted which property is of the value of $100 or less shall be guilty of a violation of this Code punishable as provided in § 1-14.
Any violation hereof is punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or both imprisonment
and fine.
[Code 1979, § 9.102(37)]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to cause, permit
or allow the burning of any refuse, garbage, rubbish, ashes, paper,
cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, grass, bedding
or litter of any kind on or within three feet of any paved and/or
hard surfaced street, alley or boulevard within the City.
[Code 1979, § 9.102(35)]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to throw or
drop any paper, tin can, cardboard or similar containers and material
upon the sidewalks or the streets of the City.
[Code 1979, § 9.102(34)]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to park or leave
standing any motor vehicle, trailer or similar apparatus or equipment
upon private property without the consent and permission of the owner
of the property or his authorized agent.
[Amended 12-8-2002 by Ord. No. 02-14]
(a)
No person, with intent to defraud, shall make, draw, utter or deliver
any check, draft or order for the payment of money, to apply on account
or otherwise, upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time
of such making, drawing, uttering or delivering, that the maker or
drawer has not sufficient funds or credit with such bank or other
depository for the payment of such check, draft or order, in full,
upon its presentation, if the amount payable in the check is $100
or less. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or a fine of
not more than $500, or both.
(b)
As against the maker or drawer thereof, the making, drawing, uttering
or delivering of a check, draft or order, payment of which is refused
by the drawee, when presented in the usual course of business, shall
be prima-facie evidence of intent to defraud and of knowledge of insufficient
funds or credit paid the drawee thereof the amount due thereon, together
with all costs and protest fees, within five days after receiving
notice that such check, draft or order has not been paid by the drawee.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or a fine of not more than
$500, or both.
[Amended 12-8-2002 by Ord. No. 02-15]
(a)
Prowling in alleys, on private property. It shall be unlawful for
any person to prowl about any alley or the private premises of any
other person in the nighttime, without authority or the permission
of the owner of such premises. A person who violates this section
is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
(b)
Unlawful presence. It shall be unlawful for any person to lurk, lie
in wait or be concealed in any building or any yard or premises within
the City, with intent to do any mischief or to pilfer or to commit
any crime or offense whatever. A person who violates this section
is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
