(A) A person who uses, arranges, places, devises or distributes an inflammable combustible, or explosive material, liquid, or substance or any device in or near a building or property described in this section with intent to willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn the building or property or who aids, counsels, induces, persuades, or procures another to do so is guilty of a crime:
(1) Any dwelling house, either occupied or unoccupied, or the contents thereof, or any building within the curtilage of such dwelling house, or the contents thereof.
(2) Any building or other real property, or the contents thereof if the value of the contents is more than $200.
(3) Any personal property valued at less than $200 owned by him or herself or another.
(4) Any building or personal property which at the time shall be insured against loss or damage by fire with the intent to injure and defraud the insurer.
(B) If the value of the property intended to be burned is personal or real property, or both, with a combined value less than $200, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the combined value of the property intended to be burned, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.
(C) The combined value of property intended to be burned in separate incidents pursuant to a scheme or course of conduct within any 12-month period may be aggregated to determine the total value of property intended to be burned.
(Ord. 99-036, passed 2-28-00) Penalty, see § 130.99