(a)
A person commits theft when he or she knowingly obtains or exercises control over anything of another with a value of less than $1,000 without authorization, or by threat, or deception, and:
(1)
Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value; or
(2)
Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the thing of value in such manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit; or
(3)
Uses, conceals or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use and benefit; or
(4)
Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person.
(b)
For purposes of this section, a thing of value is that of "another" if anyone other than the defendant has a possessory or proprietary interest therein.
(Ord. No. 14-7, § 1, 11-4-14)