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(A) Starting vehicle. It is unlawful for any person to start, otherwise meddle with, molest, enter, occupy, take or drive away any automobile or other vehicle belonging to another, without the consent of the owner or person in charge thereof.
(B) Defacing vehicle. It is unlawful for any person to mutilate, deface or injure any automobile or other vehicle, or to remove therefrom any number, tag or mark indicating ownership or identity thereof.
(Prior Code, § 5-2B-2)
(A) Buildings and other property.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to purposely destroy, injure, deface, besmear, or molest any structure, building, outbuilding, fence, or any other property, real or personal, public or private, belonging to another, or to use any such property wrongfully to the detriment of the owner or other person entitled to its use. It is unlawful to interfere wrongfully with the use of any such property by its owner or any other person entitled to its use.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to loosen or remove any plank, board, block, brick, stone, stringer, support or other part from, or to injure or destroy, any sidewalk, crossing, bridge, culvert, viaduct, gate, sign or other property of another, without lawful authority.
(B) Public utilities; larceny.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to adjust, connect, disconnect, molest, injure, destroy or in any way tamper with any water or gas pipe, any telephone pole or apparatus, meterloop, riser or connection belonging thereto, or any water, gas or electric meter on meter box or housing, or any pipe, wire, conduit or connection belonging thereto, or any other part of a water, gas or electrical system, or to do any act or use any contrivance to prevent or affect correct and proper registration by any such meter. This shall not apply to officers and employees of the city or of any person, firm or corporation owning or operating such water, gas or electric system, acting in line of duty.
(2) No person shall, without lawful authority, make any splice, tap or other connection into or on any cable, wire, pipe or other connection into or on any cable, wire, pipe or other service furnished to the residents of the city by the city or by any person, firm or corporation operating in the city under a valid permit issued by the city.
(3) Any person who, with intent to defraud, makes or causes to be made any pipe, wire or other instrument or contrivance and connects the same or causes the same to be connected with any pipe provided for the purpose of conducting water or gas, or with any wire or other electrical conductor provided for the purpose of conducting electricity, so as to conduct such gas, water or electric current, to a point where the same may be consumed, without its passing through meters provided for registering the quantity consumed, or in any manner so as to evade payment therefor, whether the gas, water or electrical current is furnished through a meter or not, shall be guilty of an offense. Every person who, with like intent, injures or alters any gas, electric or water meter or obstructs its action is guilty of an offense.
(C) Public plants and trees. It is unlawful for any person to willfully and without authority cut, pull, pluck or otherwise injure any flowers, flowering plants, shrubs or trees growing in or around any park or public street within the city, or willfully or without authority to tear down, remove, cut or otherwise injure or destroy any gate or fence enclosing any such park or ground, or willfully injure or destroy any stand, bench, seat or other property situated upon such park or ground.
(D) Trees, plants or fruit; trespass. It is unlawful for any person to willfully cut down, root up, sever, injure or destroy any fruit tree, shade or ornamental tree, cultivated root, plant, vine, shrub or bush whatever, which is the property of another, standing on or attached to the land of another, or to pick, destroy or carry away therefrom or in any way interfere with any part of the fruit thereof, or to trespass on the premises of another, without the consent of the owner or person in charge.
(E) Defacing public property. It is an offense for any person to maliciously or willfully deface, injure, destroy, smear or bedaub any building, sidewalk, street, pavement, curbing, water or sewer line, or other real or personal property of the city.
(Prior Code, § 5-2B-3) Penalty, see § 130.99
It is unlawful for any person to place, stick, tack, paste, post, paint, mark, write or print any sign, poster, picture, announcement, advertisement, bill, placard, device or inscription upon any public or private building, fence, sidewalk, bridge, viaduct, post, automobile, other vehicle or other property of another, without the consent of the owner or person in charge thereof.
(Prior Code, § 5-2B-4) Penalty, see § 130.99
(A) Stones, shot. It is unlawful for any person to throw or shoot any stone, shot or other object into or across any street or alley, or in any place where he or she is likely to hit another person wrongfully or to injure property, or to throw or shoot any stone, shot or other object at any person, vehicle, structure, electric light or other property of another (whether public or private), except in case where such is done in defense of oneself, of another person or of property.
(B) Injurious substances. It is unlawful for any person to purposely or premeditatedly put or throw upon the person or property of another, or upon any animal, any acid, corrosive or other irritating or harmful substance, or human or animal waste or urine, with intent to injure or harass the person, property or animal.
(Prior Code, § 5-2B-5) Penalty, see § 130.99
It is unlawful for any person to intrude or squat upon any lot or piece of land within the city without a license or authority from the owner thereof, or to erect or occupy thereon any hut, hovel, shanty or other structure without such license or authority, or to place, erect or occupy within the bounds of any street, alley or avenue of the city, any hut, shanty, hovel or other structure without authority of law or ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 5-2B-6) Penalty, see § 130.99
It is illegal for any person to enter upon the property of another or into an area or structure on such property (whether such property, area or structure is public or private), when such entrance is plainly forbidden by signs or otherwise or when the property, area or structure is enclosed, except when such entrance is in line of duty, or with the expressed, or tacit consent of the owner or person in charge, or otherwise by authority of law or ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 5-2B-7) Penalty, see § 130.99
(A) Prohibited acts. It is unlawful for any person to:
(1) Willfully or wantonly cut, deface or in any way injure any tree or sapling standing or growing in any of the streets, alleys or public places within the city;
(2) Attach any guy wires, telephone, telegraph or electric wire, or any wire to any live tree;
(3) Dig any hole, ditch or trench in any public street, road, avenue or alley, or any other public premises or ground within, belonging to or under the supervision or control of the city;
(4) Take or remove any dirt, earth or any substance from any street, road, alley or other public place in the city; or to cut, break or otherwise injure any pavement, curb or gutter therein; or
(5) Connect any driveway to any street or other public place without first securing permission from the city inspector so to do.
(B) Supervision of work. Any such digging, removing, or driveway connection shall be done under the supervision of the Street Superintendent or City Engineer.
(Prior Code, § 5-2B-8) Penalty, see § 130.99
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