HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-10-12-Ordinance 2017_Criminal Code, MischiefORDINANCE NO.2017
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 604,WAUKEE,MUNICIPAL
CODE,CRIMINAL MISCHIEF to define the offense in accordance
with the state statute.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Waukee:
Chapter 604 Waukee Municipal Code,providing for the
offense and punishment for criminal mischief within the City
Limits of the city of Waukee is hereby amended by inserting
new sections 604.1 and 604.2,and renumbering the present
sections 604.1 and 604.2 as 604.3 and 604.4,respectively,so
that the ordinance is amended to read as follows:
§604.1 Criminal Mischief Defined:Any damage,
defacing,alteration,or destruction of tangible property is
criminal mischief when done intentionally by one who has no
right to so act.
§604.2 Multiple Acts.Whenever criminal mischief
is committed upon more than one item of property at approxi-
mately the same location or time period,so that all of these
acts of mischief can be attributed to a single scheme,plan,
or conspiracy,such acts shall be considered as a single act
of criminal mischief.
§604.3 Criminal Mischief:A person is guilty of
criminal mischief under the provisions of this ordinance if
the cost of replacing,repairing,or restoring the property
so damaged,defaced,al tered,or destroyed does not exceed
$100.00,and if
A.Such acts are not intended to or do not in fact
cause a substantial interruption or impairment
of service rendered to the public by gas,elec-
tric,steam or waterworks corporation,cable-
v ision companies,telephone or telegraph cor-
poration,common carrier,or a public utility
operated by a municipality;or if
B.Such property is a deed,will,commercial paper
or any civil or criminal process or other in-
strument having legal effect,or if the act
does not consist of rendering substantially
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less effective than before any 1 ight,signal,
obstruction,baracade,or guard which has been
placed or erected for the purpose of enclosing
any unsafe or dangerous place or of alerting
persons to an unsafe or dangerous conditionl or
if,
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C.Such person does not intentionally disinter
human remains from a burial site without lawful
authority or does not intentionally disinter
human remains that have state and national sig-
nificance from a historical or scientific
standpoint for the inspiration and benefit of
the united States without the permission of the
state archaeologist.
§604.4.Violations.Violations of any of the
provisions of this Chapter shall be punishable by 30 days in
jailor $100.00 fine.
Passed by the Council the 12th day of October,1982,and
Approved this 12th day of October,1982.
Attest:
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