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No person shall willfully, maliciously, wantonly, negligently, or otherwise injure, deface, destroy, or remove real property or improvements thereto, or moveable or personal property, belonging to the city or to any person in the city.
(Prior Code, § 5.0203) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person in the city shall tamper with, injure, deface, destroy, or remove any sign, notice, marker, fire alarm box, fire plug or hydrant, typographical survey marker or monument, or any other personal property erected or placed by the city.
(Prior Code, § 5.0204) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to connect, disconnect, or otherwise tamper with any utility connection owned or maintained by the city, or owned or maintained by any utility company or service connection owned or maintained by a franchised cable television company without the express prior approval of the city, appropriate utility, or cable television company.
(Prior Code, § 5.0205) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall carry concealed about his or her person, or display in a threatening manner, any dangerous or deadly weapon including, but not limited to, any pistol or other firearm without a permit, brass knuckle or knuckles of other material, or dagger, bowie knife, or other dangerous or deadly weapon, or any instrument or device which when used is likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Any police officer may wear or carry such weapons as may be necessary and proper for the discharge of his or her official duties.
(Prior Code, § 5.0206) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall resist or obstruct any police officer in the performance of any official duty, nor in any way aid or assist any person to escape from any lawful confinement. No person shall assault or strike any police officer in the discharge of his or her duty.
(Prior Code, § 5.0207) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DISSEMINATION. To transfer possession of, with or without consideration.
KNOWINGLY. Being aware of the character and content of the material.
MATERIAL. Any book, magazine, newspaper, or other printed or written material or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, or other pictorial representation or any statue or other figure, or any recording, transcription, or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or any other articles, equipment, or machines.
OBSCENE. To the average person applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, that the predominant appeal of the matter appeals to the prurient interests and: depicts or describes patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or depicts or describes patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibits of the genitals; and which, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
PROMOTE. To cause, permit, procure, counsel, or assist.
PRURIENT INTEREST. Shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to:
(1) Knowingly disseminate, distribute, or make available to the public any obscene materials;
(2) Knowingly engage or participate in any obscene performance made available to the public;
(3) Knowingly engage in commerce for commercial gain with materials depicting and describing explicit sexual conduct, nudity, or excretion utilizing displays, circulars, advertisements, and other public sales efforts that promote such commerce primarily on the basis of the prurient appeal; or
(4) Appear in any public state in a state of dress intended to deceive others as to his or her sex, or make any indecent exposure of his or her person.
(Prior Code, § 5.0208) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) No person may hunt, trap, chase, drive, harass, kill, or attempt to kill any game animal or game bird within the territorial jurisdiction of the city, including without limitation: Durkee Lake Park and all municipal property surrounding Durkee Lake, sanitary landfill, the Faith Municipal Airport and all other public grounds and parks within said territorial jurisdiction.
(B) The provisions of this section shall not apply to police officers of the city or to any person, firm, or corporation duly authorized by the City Council for the enforcement of Chapter 91 of this Code of Ordinances or necessary for the control and disposition of any animal determined to be injurious to livestock, poultry, game, land or the public health.
(Ord. 333, passed 2-19-2019)