[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(A)
A person commits a petty theft when the value of the property is
not more than $500 and he knowingly:
(1)
Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner;
or
(2)
Obtains by deception, control over property of the owner; or
(3)
Obtains by threat, control over property of the owner; or
(4)
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
(5)
Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of
the property;
(6)
Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the property in such a manner
as to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit;
(7)
Uses, conceals or abandons the property, knowing such use, concealment
or abandonment probably will deprive the owner permanently of such
use or benefit.
(B)
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;
(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;
(F)
To
knowingly damage any property, other than as described in 720 ILCS
5/20-1(a)(2), with intent to defraud an insurer; or
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(G)
To
knowingly shoot a firearm at any portion of a railroad train.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
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 firefighting equipment
or any apparatus appertaining to such equipment, or to intentionally
open any fire hydrant without proper authorization.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
It shall be unlawful to willfully, maliciously, or negligently
break, deface, injure or destroy any communications utility 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 in any manner or form, to
deface, disfigure, damage or destroy 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.
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.
