It is unlawful for any person to wantonly, mischievously or maliciously deface, break or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any property of the city, state, private corporation or person, or any other governmental or private entity. Any person who violates this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $750, up to six months in jail, or both.
(Prior code § 16-89; Ord. 98-007 § 35, 1998; Ord. 02-006 § 4, 2002; Ord. 03-015 § 1, 2003)
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Littering upon any publicly or privately owned property within the city limits is prohibited.
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A person is guilty of littering if he or she places, throws, scatters or deposits garbage, debris, refuse, rubbish or waste material, objects, or substances, or causes any of the foregoing to be done, upon the property of another.
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A person is guilty of littering if he or she attaches, or places, any sign or other means of advertising or announcements, upon any public right-of-way, street sign, utility pole, or private property without the written consent of the property owner.
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Operators of motor vehicles, and/or trailers, shall be responsible for covering all loads of trash, garbage, litter, yard waste, or substances. Cover, including containment of said items within sealed plastic garbage bags, shall be sufficient to prevent any of said loads from being ejected or displaced from the vehicle or trailer while in transit within the city. Any operator of a motor vehicle, or trailer, who fails to cover loads of trash, garbage, litter, yard waste, or substances is guilty of littering.
E. 
Any person found guilty of the crime of littering shall, upon conviction, be fined in accordance with Section 1.20.010.
(Prior code § 16-90; Ord. 98-007 § 36, 1998; Ord. 07-003 § 1, 2007)
It is unlawful for any person to erect or maintain upon residential property in the city, any barbed wire fence, electric fence or fence of any other nature which is so constructed as to be potentially dangerous to human beings.
(Prior code § 16-91; Ord. 98-007 § 38, 1998)
It is unlawful for any person to walk, run, ride or in any other manner cross over or upon any lawn, garden or otherwise improved lot or damage the trees or shrubbery thereon, whether the same are separated by a fence or not, within the city, without the permission of the owner or occupant thereof.
(Prior code § 16-92; Ord. 98-007 § 39, 1998)
No person shall in any way deface the windows, walls or other parts of a building, whether occupied or unoccupied, within the city, nor in any manner injure the awnings, awning posts, fences, enclosures or other improvements of any kind or character whatsoever, either private or public property, nor fill up, obstruct or otherwise damage any ditch or clog any intakes or pipes in the storm sewer system or irrigation ditch system constructed in the city nor injure, mark or deface any trees, flowers or shrubs.
(Prior code § 16-93; Ord. 98-007 § 40, 1998)
No person shall mischievously, maliciously and wantonly deface, break or injure in any way any footbridge or culvert, constructed by either the city, private individual or corporation.
(Prior code § 16-95; Ord. 98-007 § 42, 1998)
No person shall, within the city, throw, hurl, thrust or in any manner propel any stone, stick or any other missile, article or thing of any kind, character or description, at, upon or toward:
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Any house, church, public or private building;
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Or against any telegraph, telephone, power or utility post, pole, wire, machinery, fixture or appliance;
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Or against any electric lamp, light, wire, fixture, apparatus, machinery or appliances; or
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Any person or any domestic animal or any vehicle, wagon or means of conveyance.
(Prior code § 16-83; Ord. 98-007 § 32, 1998)
Any person who mischievously, wantonly or maliciously tears down or defaces any ordinance, bill, notice, advertisement or any other paper of a business of a legitimate character lawfully posted up within the limits of the city shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 16-97; Ord. 98-007 § 44, 1998)
No person shall puncture, deflate or otherwise mutilate the tires of any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle, or scratch, mark or otherwise deface or injure the body or apparatus thereof, to take off or remove from any such vehicle any part or portion of the machinery, equipment, paraphernalia or any article thereof, or throw, cast or hurl any stones, rocks, glass or other missile at any vehicle or any occupant thereof, or cast upon any public street any substance or matter which might be injurious or dangerous to any vehicle passing along the street.
(Prior code § 13-1)
No person, other than the owner or authorized driver of any vehicle, except a police officer acting for the protection of public safety, as the case may be, shall tamper, meddle or interfere with such vehicle, nor start nor attempt to start or move the same while the same is standing still.
(Prior code § 13-2)
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No person shall operate an aircraft, including helicopters, over the city below an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within 2,000 feet of the aircraft or helicopter, except when necessary to take off or land at locations approved by the city council.
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The city council, or its designated representative, may permit a waiver of the provisions of this section for special events or circumstances.
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Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and the penalty for such violation shall be that as set forth in Section 1.20.010.
(Prior code § 16-66; Ord. 98-007 § 14, 1998)
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Whoever enters into or upon the land or premises of another, where those premises have been posted with warning signs prohibiting entry to the general public, which signs are reasonably located so as to be likely to come to the attention of the public, is guilty of trespass.
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Whoever, being upon the land or premises of another, is orally notified to depart therefrom by the owner or occupant, or agent or servant of the owner or occupant, and thereafter neglects or refuses to depart therefrom, is guilty of trespass.
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Whoever enters into or upon the land or premises of another, after receiving written notification from the owner or occupant, or agent or servant of the owner or occupant, not to do so, is guilty of trespass.
(Prior code § 16-99; Ord. 98-007 § 46, 1998)
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No person shall knowingly or wantonly operate or cause to be operated, any machine, device, apparatus or instrument of any kind within the city, the operation of which causes reasonably preventable electrical interference with radio reception within the city; provided, that X-ray pictures, examinations or treatments may be made at any time if the machines or apparatus used therefor are properly equipped to avoid all unnecessary or reasonably preventable interference with radio reception and are not negligently operated.
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The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not be held or construed to include the regulation of any transmitting, broadcasting or receiving instrument, apparatus or device used or useful in interstate commerce or the operation of which instrument, apparatus or device is licensed or authorized by or pursuant to the provisions of any act of the Congress of the United States.
(Prior code § 16-100; Ord. 98-007 § 47, 1998)
Whoever shall steal, take and carry, lead or drive away the personal goods of another of the value in any sum less than $500 is guilty of petit larceny, punishable by a fine of up to $750, up to six months in jail, or both.
(Prior code § 16-101; Ord. 02-006 § 5, 2002)
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Any person who wilfully conceals or wilfully takes possession of any goods offered for sale by a wholesale or retail store or other mercantile established within the city, without the knowledge or consent of the owner thereof and with the intent to convert the goods to his or her own or any others use without paying the purchase price thereof, is guilty of shoplifting, punishable by a fine of up to $750, up to six months in jail, or both.
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Any police officer, merchant or merchants employee who has reasonable cause for believing that a person has committed the crime of shoplifting as defined in this section may obtain, interrogate such person in regard thereto in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.
(Prior code § 16-102; Ord. 02-006 § 6, 2002)
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Definition. The phrase "screened from ordinary public view" means in a manner which does not constitute a health hazard, attract children, rodents, or pests, and is located away from public view, or screened from ordinary public view, by means of a suitable fence, trees, shrubbery, opaque covering or other appropriate means.
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Heavy Appliance Stored in Public View Deemed a Nuisance. No person shall permit any heavy appliance, such as stove, dishwasher, bathtub, refrigerator or other airtight container, washing machine, clothes dryer, or other similar appliance, to be placed or remain out of doors and not screened from public view for any period longer than one day. Abandoned airtight containers or heavy appliances kept contrary to the provision of this section are deemed a nuisance and the city may abate the same by serving notice upon any owner, tenant or lessee of the premises. If the container or heavy appliance is not removed within five days of notice, the city may remove and dispose of the container or heavy appliance at such owner's expense. Such abatement may be had in addition to criminal prosecution for any violation of this section.
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Removal of Heavy Appliances, Costs of Removal, Sale.
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The chief of police or building inspector, upon determining that a violation of this section exists, shall notify the owner, tenant or lessee of the property upon which the violation exists of the violation, by sending written notice to the last known address of the owner as shown on the records of the county assessor or by personal delivery of the notice to the owner, tenant or lessee of the property.
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The notice shall contain the request for removal within one day for a heavy appliance or airtight container, and the notice shall advise that upon failure to comply with the notice to remove, the city or its designee shall undertake such removal with the cost of removal to be levied against the owner or occupant of the property.
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If within five days after notice has been given, the violation continues, the chief of police or the building inspector will cause the offending heavy appliance or airtight container to be removed at the property owner's, tenant's or lessee's expense.
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Liability of Owner or Occupant. Upon the failure of the owner or occupant of property on which heavy appliances or airtight containers have been removed by the city to pay the unrecovered expenses incurred by the city in such removal, a lien shall be placed upon the real property for the amount of such expenses.
(Prior code § 16-51)
It is unlawful to have an abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other container which endangers the health, welfare and safety of the children of the city. The city may remove such container from the person's property, to then be stored, and notification given to the owner advising where such container can be retrieved.
(Prior code § 16-52)
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It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee or occupant of real property within the city to cut or dig and destroy and remove all weeds and dead trees upon such property, and upon streets within the curblines in front of, or abutting, such property, and to the centerline of alleys abutting such property.
B. 
For the purposes of this section, "weeds" means and includes the following: field bindweed, Canada thistle, milk thistle or any other thistle, quack grass, hoary cress or white top, skeletonleaf bursage, Russian knapweed, ragweed, yellow sweet clover, fox-tail, dandelion, Kochia scoparia or any other noncultivated plant not consistent with surrounding developed areas.
(Prior code § 16-54; Ord. 98-005 § 2, 1998; Ord. 13-010 § 1, 2013)
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Any violation of Section 9.12.190 is declared to be a nuisance and unlawful, and may be punished as set forth in Section 1.20.010. In addition, or in the alternative, the mayor may enforce the provisions of Section 9.12.190 in the manner set forth in this section.
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Upon the failure of any owner, lessee or occupant of real property to comply with the provisions of Section 9.12.190, the mayor or official designated by the mayor may cause a written notice to be given to the person who appears as the last owner of the property according to the assessment rolls of the county, and to the lessee or occupant of such property. The notice shall be mailed and addressed to the owner at the address appearing on such assessment rolls and to the lessee or occupant at the address of such property. The notice shall order the addressee to cut or dig, and destroy and remove such weeds and dead trees within 10 days after the date of mailing of such notice. It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to comply with such notice within the time aforesaid, and in the event of such failure or refusal, the mayor or designated official may cause such compliance and shall immediately assess and levy the direct cost of cutting or digging, and destroying and removing such weeds and dead trees, together with a surcharge calculated pursuant to subsection C to cover indirect administrative costs, against the property upon which the violation has occurred, and shall proceed to collect such cost and surcharge. If such cost and surcharge is not paid within 37 days from the date the bill is first sent, the same plus reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs of collection shall become a lien against the subject property and collectible as such.
C. 
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an administrative surcharge of $100, shall be imposed and collected in the manner described in subsection B of this section. The administrative surcharge established herein and hereafter may be reviewed by the council and adjusted at such time by resolution of the city council.
(Prior code § 16-55; Ord. 98-005 § 1, 1998; Ord. 12-009 § 1, 2012)
A person who, with intent to defraud, obtains services with a value of less than $1,000 which he or she knows are available only for compensation, without paying is guilty of theft of services and may be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, a fine of not more than $750, or both.
For purposes of this section services shall mean the following:
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Water from the municipal water system;
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Sewer services from the municipal sewer system;
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Garbage or refuse services, except for small amounts of trash in the city owned bins set out for public collection in city parks and along streets;
D. 
Irrigation from the city irrigation system.
(Ord. 10-008 § 1, 2010)