§ 130.01 ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE.

   Every person who attempts to commit an offense against the ordinances of the city, and in such attempt does any act toward the commission of such offense, but fails or is prevented or intercepted in the perpetration thereof, is guilty of an offense and shall be punished in the manner prescribed for the attempted offense itself.

(Prior Code, § 130.01)

§ 130.02 AIDING IN AN OFFENSE.

   When no punishment for counseling or aiding in the commission of a particular offense is expressly prescribed by ordinance, every person who counsels or aids another in the commission of such is guilty of an offense or misdemeanor and punishable in the same manner as the principal offender.

(Prior Code, § 130.02)

§ 130.03 OFFENSE DEFINED.

   The word OFFENSE, whenever used in this code or in any part, chapter, article, or ordinance of the city, means the unlawful act of doing, or failing to do, some particular act or thing construed therein to be detrimental to the general welfare, morals, peace, health, or safety of the inhabitants of the city.

(Prior Code, § 130.03)

§ 130.04 VIOLATION DEFINED.

   The doing of any of the acts or things prohibited, or failing to do any of the acts or things commanded to be done, as more fully specified and set forth by any provision of this code or any part, chapter, or article hereof, or future ordinances of the city, is declared to be an offense against the good order, public peace, morals, health, proper government, and welfare of the city and unlawful.

(Prior Code, § 130.04)

§ 130.05 PENALTY NOT TO EXCUSE OFFENSE.

   The imposition of one penalty for an offense shall not excuse it or permit it to continue, nor prevent the imposition of further penalties should the offenses be continued or permitted to continue.

(Prior Code, § 130.05)

§ 130.06 CAPACITY TO COMMIT OFFENSE.

   All persons are capable of committing an offense as herein provided, except those belonging to the classes following:

   (A)   Children under the age of seven years;

   (B)   Children over the age of seven years, but under the age of 14 years, in the absence of proof that at the time of committing the act or neglect charged against them they knew its wrongfulness;

   (C)   Lunatics, insane persons, and all persons of unsound mind, including persons temporarily or partially deprived of reason, upon proof that at the time of committing the act charged against them they were involuntarily incapable of knowing its wrongfulness;

   (D)   Persons who committed the act, or made the omission charged, under an ignorance or mistake of fact which disproves any criminal intent. But ignorance of the law does not excuse from punishment for its violation;

   (E)   Persons who committed the act charged without being conscious thereof, involuntarily; and

   (F)   Persons who committed the act, or made the omission charged, while under involuntary subjection to the power of superiors.

(Prior Code, § 130.06)

§ 130.07 INTOXICATION; NO DEFENSE.

   No act committed by any person while in a state of intoxication, whether from liquor or drugs, shall be deemed less an offense by reason of his or her being in such condition.

(Prior Code, § 130.07)

§ 130.08 WITNESS; SELF-INCRIMINATION.

   No person otherwise competent as a witness shall be incapacitated, excused, or disqualified from testifying concerning the offense mentioned in any section, chapter, or title of this code or any ordinances hereafter enacted on the ground that his or her testimony might incriminate him or her, but the testimony which may be given by such witness shall in no case be used against him or her.

(Prior Code, § 130.08)

§ 130.09 NUISANCES.

   It is unlawful and an offense for any person to permit, maintain, aid, abet, or sanction a nuisance on or about any premise or premises owned by him or her or under his or her control at any place within the corporate limits of the city.

(Prior Code, § 130.09) Penalty, see § 130.99