[Prior Code 16-75; Ord. No. 2021-199, 7-7-2021]
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally damage the real or personal property of one (1) or more other persons in the course of a single criminal episode, where the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
[Prior Code 16-76; Ord. No. 2023-249, 5-15-2023]
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit the crime of criminal trespass. A person commits the crime of criminal trespass if he or she:
(1) 
Enters or remains in or upon the property of another, including public property, in violation of a notice lawfully posted or exhibited on the property, absent authorization to do so;
(2) 
Enters or remains in or upon the property of another, including public property, in violation of any notice, warning or protest given by the owner, the Johnstown Police Department or any other authorized person;
(3) 
Enters or remains in or upon property of another, including public property, which is enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or is fenced; or
(4) 
Enters or remains in or upon the property of another, including public property, to which access is commonly and customarily restricted and the person entering or remaining knows or should know that he or she was not licensed, invited or privileged to do so.
[Prior Code 16-77]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to congregate or remain in any place of business, school or private residence or on the grounds thereof within the Town against the will of the proprietor or the person in charge of such premises after having been requested by such person to vacate said premises.
(b) 
For the purposes of this Section, the terms "grounds adjacent thereto" shall include but not be limited to any highway, street, alley or sidewalk within the Town adjacent to the property in question.
[Prior Code 16-78]
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit the offense of criminal tampering as provided in this Section. For purposes of this Section, a person commits the crime of criminal tampering if, with intent to cause interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public by a utility or by an institution providing health or safety protection, he or she tampers with property of such utility or institution. In addition, a person commits the crime of criminal tampering if he or she tampers with property of another with intent to cause injury, inconvenience or annoyance to that person or to another, or if he or she makes unauthorized connections with property of a utility.
[Prior Code 16-79]
Every person who defaces or destroys any written instrument evidencing a property right, whether vested or contingent, with the intent to defraud shall be deemed guilty of defacing or destruction of written instruments.
[Prior Code 16-80]
Anyone who intentionally cuts, fells, alters or removes any certain boundary tree, monument or other allowed landmark, to the damage of any person; or anyone who intentionally defaces, removes, pulls down, injures or destroys any location stake, side post, corner post, landmark or monument, or any other legal land boundary monument in this State, designating or intending to designate the location, boundary or name of any mining claim, lode or vein of mineral or the name of the discoverer, or date of discovery thereof, shall be deemed guilty of defacing and destroying landmarks.
[Prior Code 16-82]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface or cause, aid in or permit the defacing of any public or private property without the consent of the owner of such property.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful to mark, injure, damage, destroy or deface any public property owned by the Town, specifically but not limited to cemetery property, library property, water works property, sewer works property, Town Hall and storage buildings.
[Prior Code 16-83]
Any person who intentionally mars, destroys or removes any posted notice authorized by law shall be deemed guilty of defacing a posted notice.
[Prior Code 16-84]
Any person who deposits on the land or in the building or vehicle of another, without his or her consent, any stink-bomb or device, irritant or offensive-smelling substance, with the intent to interfere with another's use or enjoyment of the land, building or vehicle shall be deemed guilty of criminal use of a noxious substance. This Section shall not apply to the reasonable use of noxious substances by a peace officer in the performance of his or her duties.
[Prior Code 16-85; Ord. No. 2021-199, 7-7-2021]
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to obtain or exercise control over anything of another where the value is less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) without authorization, by threat or deception or knowing said thing of such value to have been stolen, when the person who so obtains or exercises control over such thing of such value:
(1) 
Intends to deprive such other person permanently of the use or benefit of such thing of value;
(2) 
Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons such thing of value as to deprive such other person permanently of the use or benefit of the same;
(3) 
Uses, conceals or abandons such thing of value, intending that such use, concealment or abandonment will deprive such other person permanently of the use or benefit of the same; or
(4) 
Demands any consideration to which such person is not legally entitled, as a condition of restoring such thing of value to such other.
[Prior Code 16-1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess burglary tools. For purposes of this Section, a person commits possession of burglary tools if he or she possesses any explosive, tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking, intends to use the thing possessed, or knows that some person intends to use the thing possessed in the commission of such an offense.
[Prior Code 16-13]
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon or discard in any public or private place accessible to children any chest, closet, piece of furniture, refrigerator, icebox or other article having a compartment of a capacity of one and one-half (1½) cubic feet or more, and having a door or lid which when closed cannot be opened easily from the inside or for any person, being the owner, lessee or manager of such place, to knowingly permit such abandoned or discarded article to remain in such condition.
[Ord. 474, 1992]
(a) 
Any person who deposits, throws or leaves any litter on any public or private property or in any waters commits littering.
(b) 
The term "litter," as used in this Section, means all rubbish, waste material, refuse, garbage, trash, debris or other foreign substances, solid or liquid, of every form, size, kind and description.
(c) 
It shall be an affirmative defense that:
(1) 
Such property is an area designated by law for the disposal of such material and the person is authorized by the proper public authority to so use the property;
(2) 
The litter is placed in a receptacle or container installed on such property for that purpose; or
(3) 
Such person is the owner or tenant in lawful possession of such property, or he or she has first obtained written consent of the owner or tenant in lawful possession, or the act is done under the personal direction of said owner or tenant.
(d) 
The phrase "public or private property" as used in this Section includes, but is not limited to, the right-of-way of any road or highway, any body of water or watercourse, including frozen areas or the shores or beaches thereof, any park, playground or building, any refuge, conservation or recreation area, and any residential, farm or ranch properties or timberlands.
(e) 
It is in the discretion of the court, upon the conviction of any person and the imposition of a fine under this Section, to suspend any or all of the fine in excess of the minimum fine upon the condition that the convicted person gather and remove from specified property litter found thereon, or upon the condition that the convicted person pick up litter from designated property at the time prescribed by and a place within the jurisdiction of the court for not less than eight (8) hours upon a second or subsequent conviction.
(f) 
Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from any motor vehicle in violation of this Section, the operator of said motor vehicle is presumed to have caused or permitted the litter to be so thrown, dropped or dumped.
[Ord. 546, 1996]
(a) 
Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires:
CHECK
Means a written, unconditional order to pay a certain sum in money, drawn on a bank, payable on demand and signed by the drawer.
DRAWEE
Means the bank upon which a check is drawn.
DRAWER
Means a person, either real or fictitious, whose name appears on a check as the primary obligor, whether the actual signature be that of himself or herself or of a person authorized to draw the check himself or herself.
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS
Means not having a sufficient balance in account with a bank or other drawee for the payment of a check or order when it is presented for payment and it remains unpaid thirty (30) days after such presentment.
ISSUE
A person issues a check when he or she makes, draws, delivers or passes it or causes it to be made, delivered or passed.
(b) 
A person commits a misdemeanor if he or she issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that the issuer does not have sufficient funds in or on deposit with the bank or other drawee for the payment in full of the check or order as well as all other checks or orders outstanding at the time of issuance.
(c) 
This Section does not relieve the prosecution from the necessity of establishing the required knowledge by evidence. However, for purposes of this Section, the issuer's knowledge of insufficient funds is presumed, except in the case of a postdated check or order, if:
(1) 
He or she has no account with the bank or other drawee at the time he or she issues the check or order; or
(2) 
He or she has insufficient funds upon deposit with the bank or other drawee to pay the check or order, on presentment within thirty (30) days after issue.
[Ord. No. 2020-170, 2-22-2020]
(a) 
No person shall use a vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer or camper for dwelling purposes, including, but not limited to, sleeping, spending the night or cooking, on any public street, sidewalk, park or other public place within the Town.
(b) 
No person shall use a vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer or camper for dwelling purposes, including, but not limited to, sleeping, spending the night or cooking, on any private property in the Town, and no private property owner or lessee shall allow a person to use a vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer or camper for dwelling purposes on such property, for more than two (2) nights in a thirty (30) day period.
(c) 
Notwithstanding Subsection (b) above, the Town may issue permits allowing the temporary occupancy of a vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer or camper for dwelling purposes on private property to accommodate vacation travelers on the condition that, in no event, shall a person be permitted to temporary dwell on property within the Town for more than seven (7) nights in a thirty (30) day period.