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.
[Ord. No. 3049, 11-22-2022]
A. No
person shall test or pull any doors of successive vehicles, nor open
or attempt to open the trunk of successive vehicles, that the person
does not own or lease, without each owner or lessee's permission,
and which serves no legitimate or lawful purpose, and would further
lead a reasonable person to believe said conduct was in furtherance
of a crime. For purposes of this Section, "successive" shall mean
more than one (1) vehicle.
B. No
person shall enter unlawfully or remain unlawfully in a vehicle that
person does not own or lease without the owner or lessee's permission.
C. This
Section shall not apply to any Law Enforcement Officer or other public
employee who engaged in the acts described herein while in the performance
of official duties.
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.
[CC 1976 §210.035; Ord. No. 1946 §5, 7-12-1994]
A person commits the offense of stealing animals if he/she without
lawful authority willfully takes another's animal with the intent
to deprive him/her of said animal.
[Ord. No. 2727 §1, 7-23-2013]
A. As used in this section the word “graffiti” shall mean and refer to any unauthorized inscription, word, phrase, motto, figure, symbol, picture or design which is written, scribbled, marked, etched, scratched, burned, carved, drawn or painted on any exterior surface or structural component of any building, structure, or other facility regardless of the nature of the material of that structural component. Graffiti shall constitute a nuisance, subject to the provisions and penalties of Section
205.010, and shall further constitute property damage pursuant to Section
210.1040, and subject to the penalties associated therewith.
B. No person shall cause graffiti to be placed upon any public or private building, fence, wall, bridge, sidewalk, road, parking area, driveway, or similar structure or surface, nor shall the owner thereof suffer the same to remain thereon for a period exceeding the notice provided pursuant to Section
205.010.
C. No person may be in possession of any spray paint or any container thereof, nor any permanent or semi-permanent paint pens or similar device while in or upon any public or private road, or upon any public sidewalk, parking area, driveway, park or premises, with the intent of causing graffiti as defined in Subsection
(A). Possession of a spray paint can in a public building, park, facility, or alley shall create a rebuttable presumption of intent to use the spray paint to cause graffiti in violation of this Section.
D. If
any unemancipated minor is found guilty of a violation of this Section
or is shown to have placed graffiti on the property of another, the
parent(s) or guardian(s), excluding foster parents, having custody
or control of such minor at the time the minor caused graffiti to
be made in violation of this Section, may be held liable in a civil
action for damage to property and the cost of removal of graffiti
from property.
E. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Section, or causing, creating, or maintaining a nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each and every day he or she shall violate or fail to comply with any provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction he or she shall be fined in accordance with Section
100.090 of this Code.