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(a) Whenever used in this section, the word "scanner" means a radio set or apparatus (1) capable of receiving, transmitting, or both receiving and transmitting radio messages or signals within the wavelength or channel now or hereafter assigned by the Federal Communications Commission or its successor for use by law enforcement agencies; or (2) that may intercept or interfere with the transmission or reception of radio messages or signals by the department of police.
(b) No person shall use a scanner in such a way as to interfere with messages transmitted or received by the department of police. No person shall use a scanner to aid or abet the performance of any act in violation of any law or ordinance. The use of a scanner to aid or abet any illegal act shall be an offense separate and distinct from such illegal act.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200.00 and not more than $500.00.
(Added Coun. J. 7-14-93, p. 35538)
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit vandalism. A person commits vandalism when such person, without proper authorization, engages in the willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement or defacement of any public or private property. Vandalism includes, but is not limited to, any act of cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, drawing, painting or etching when such act is intended to damage property or has the effect of causing damage to property.
Any person who violates this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,500.00 nor more than $2.500.00 for each offense, plus the actual costs incurred by the property owner or the city to abate, remediate, repair or remove the effects of the vandalism. To the extent permitted by law, such costs shall be payable to the person who incurred the costs. In addition to such fine and costs, any such offense may also be punished as a misdemeanor by incarceration in a penal institution other than a penitentiary for a term of up to 30 days, or by a requirement to perform up to 1,500 hours of community service, under the procedures set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and in the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended. All actions seeking the imposition of fines only shall be filed as quasi-criminal actions subject to the provisions of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, as amended.
(Prior code § 193-1.5; Amend Coun. J. 10-6-86, p. 34526; Amend Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 15806; Amend Coun. J. 6-12-91, p. 1718; Amend Coun. J. 5-19-93, p. 32392; Amend Coun. J. 5-20-98, p. 69305; Amend Coun. J. 5-11-05, p. 48079, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-14, p. 85776, § 1)
In all instances in which the fine set forth in Section 8-4-060 of the code is imposed by the city's department of administrative hearings for destruction, injury, disfigurement or other defacement of Chicago Transit Authority property, one-half of any such fine imposed and collected shall be made available to the Chicago Transit Authority for use in removing graffiti and other defacement of Chicago Transit Authority property.
(Added Coun. J. 7-29-98, p. 74138)
(a) When used in this section, "utility equipment" means any of the following located in a public way: (1) any lid, grate, screen or cover that allows access to any sewer, drain, electrical vault, coal hole, water vault, gas vault, tunnel or other opening or structure in the public way, or that allows the flow of water from the public way into a drain or sewer; (2) any light pole, lamp post, telephone or telegraph pole, or post or pole supporting electrical transformers or lines for transmission of electricity or cable television signals. "Utility equipment" may be either privately or publicly owned.
(b) No person shall:
(1) Intentionally and without authorization of the owner, remove utility equipment or damage or alter utility equipment so as to diminish its effectiveness or to create a public safety hazard;
(2) Without authorization of the actual owner, purchase, receive or possess illegally removed utility equipment. It is a defense to a prosecution under this subsection (b)(2) that the person charged with a violation did not know that the subject utility equipment was illegally removed;
(3) Assist any other person in any action prohibited in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000.00. Any such offense may also be punished as a misdemeanor by incarceration in a penal institution other than a penitentiary for a term of up to six months or by a requirement to perform up to 1,000 hours of community service under the procedures set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and in the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended, in a separate proceeding. All actions seeking the imposition of fines only shall be filed as quasi-criminal actions subject to the provisions of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, as amended.
(Added Coun. J. 4-22-93, p. 31576; Amend Coun. J. 4-12-00, p. 29744, § 1)
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