As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
ENTER UNLAWFULLY or REMAIN UNLAWFULLY
A person enters or remains in or upon premises when he or
she is not licensed or privileged to do so. A person who, regardless
of his or her purpose, enters or remains in or upon premises which
are at the time open to the public does so with license and privilege
unless he or she defies a lawful order not to enter or remain, personally
communicated to him or her by the owner of such premises or by other
authorized person. A license or privilege to enter or remain in a
building which is only partly open to the public is not a license
or privilege to enter or remain in that part of the building which
is not open to the public.
TO TAMPER
To interfere with something improperly, to meddle with it,
displace it, make unwarranted alterations in its existing condition,
or to deprive, temporarily, the owner or possessor of that thing.
UTILITY
An enterprise which provides gas, electric, steam, water,
sewage disposal, or communication, video, internet, or voice over
internet protocol services, and any common carrier. It may be either
publicly or privately owned or operated.
[R.O. 2008 §215.300; CC 1988 §21-118]
It shall be unlawful for any person to fill or otherwise obstruct
the free passage of water through any sewer, gutter, trench or channel
dug or made or used for the purpose of carrying off water or draining
any street, or other place within this City.
[R.O. 2008 §215.340; CC 1988 §21-122]
Any person who enters in or on any public land and interferes
with or threatens the health or safety of any occupant of that property,
or damages the property, or interferes with the normal function of
that property or any part thereof, or interferes with the closing
of such property, or refuses to quit the property upon the request
of the persons lawfully in charge thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
A person commits the offense of reckless burning or exploding
if he/she recklessly starts a fire or causes an explosion and thereby
damages or destroys the property of another.
[R.O. 2008 §§215.350, 235.240; Code 1968 §19-17;
CC 1988 §§13-83, 21-123; Ord. No. 6356 §8, 8-10-1987; Ord. No. 15-2006 §1, 11-13-2006; Ord. No. 16-2006 §1, 11-13-2006]
A. No
person shall post or place any advertisement, temporary signage, handbills
or notice of any character upon any fence, right-of-way of any City
street or highway, wall, bridge, house, building, shade tree, telephone,
telegraph or electric light pole without written lawful authority
to do so.
B. All
handbills, temporary signage, posters and similar advertising material
must be removed from the right-of-way of any City street or highway
and from all public utility poles located therein within forty-eight
(48) hours after the event is being advertised.
[R.O. 2008 §215.355; Ord. No. 28-2004 §§1 — 4, 11-8-2004]
A. It
shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit or structure
or real estate, who has an unpaid balance on said property with the
City of Louisiana Water Department, to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease
or otherwise dispose of such dwelling or structure or real estate
to another owner, party or individual until the outstanding balance
is paid in full to the City of Louisiana Water Department. Water,
sewer and solid waste services provided and/or billed for by the City
of Louisiana Water Department shall not be furnished to said property,
and services shall not be restored, until the outstanding balance
is paid in full to the City of Louisiana Water Department.
B. Any
person found to be in violation of any provision of this Section shall
be served by the City of Louisiana with written notice which shall
state the nature of the violation(s) and provide for a reasonable
time limit, not to exceed ten (10) days, for the satisfactory correction
thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such
notice, permanently cease all violations.
C. Any
person who shall violate any provision of this Section, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor thereof and shall be fined in an
amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor sentenced
to a term of imprisonment in the City Jail for more than ninety (90)
days, or a combination of a fine and jail time. Each twenty-four (24)
hour period during which any such violation shall continue shall be
deemed a separate offense.
D. Any
person found to have violated any of the provisions of this Section
shall be liable to the City of Louisiana for any expenses, losses
or damages, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the
City by reason of such violation herein.