It is unlawful for a person to commit theft. A person commits theft when he or she knowingly obtains or exercises control over anything of another without authorization or by threat or deception when the value of the thing is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and:
(1) Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;
(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;
(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.
(Ord. 347 §1, 2008)