No person, individually or in association with
one or more others, shall willfully break, injure, tamper with or
remove any part or parts of any vehicle for the purpose of injuring,
defacing or destroying such vehicle or temporarily or permanently
prevent its useful operation, nor shall any person against the will
or without the consent of the owner of such vehicle or in any manner
willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the operation of
such vehicle.
A.Â
No person, without the consent of the owner or person
in charge, shall climb into or open any vehicle with the intent to
commit any crime, malicious mischief or injury thereto or while such
vehicle is at rest and unattended, attempt to manipulate any of the
levers, starting crank or other starting device, brakes or other mechanism
thereof or set the vehicle in motion.
B.Â
The provisions of this section shall not apply when
any such act is done in an emergency in furtherance of public safety
or convenience or by or under the direction of an officer in the regulation
of traffic or performance of any other official duty.
No person shall drive any vehicle without the
consent of the owner thereof, and with the intent to temporarily deprive
the owner of his possession of such vehicle, but without the intent
to steal the vehicle. The consent of the owner of a vehicle to its
taking or driving shall not in any case be presumed or implied because
of such owner's consent on a previous occasion to the taking or driving
of such vehicle by the same or a different person.
[Amended 4-21-2003 by Ord. No. 0503-3]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall be fined not less than $28.75 nor more than $100
and shall pay the costs of prosecution. For each subsequent like offense,
committed within one year, such person shall be fined not less than
$100 nor more than $200 and shall pay the costs of prosecution.
