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.
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.