HomeMy WebLinkAbout011 - 02/16/1993 - AMENDING CITY CODE PERTAINING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY ORDINANCE NO. 11, 1993
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 17 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
PERTAINING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the
following Sections in Article III of Chapter 17 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins pertaining to Offenses Against Property are hereby amended as follows:
Section 1 . That Section 17-36 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17-36. Theft.
No person shall knowingly obtain or exercise control over anything
of value of less than four hundred dollars ($400. ) of another
without authorization or by threat or deception when such person. . .
Section 2. That Section 17-37(2) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17-37. Theft of rental property.
No person shall :
(2) Having lawfully obtained possession for temporary use of the
personal property of another which is available only for hire,
knowingly fail to reveal the whereabouts of or to return the
property to the owner thereof or a representative of the owner
or to the person from whom the property was received within
seventy-two (72) hours after the time at which the person
agreed to return it where the value of the thing involved is
less than four hundred dollars ($400.) .
Section 3. That Section 17-38 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17-38. Concealment of goods.
If any person willfully conceals unpurchased goods, wares or
merchandise valued at less than four hundred dollars ($400.) owned
or held by and offered or displayed for sale by any store or other
mercantile establishment, whether the concealment be on his or her
own person or otherwise and whether on or off the premises of the
store or mercantile establishment, such concealment constitutes
prima facie evidence that the person intended to commit the crime of
theft.
Section 4. That Section 17-39 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17-39. Criminal mischief.
Sec. 17-39. Criminal mischief.
No person shall knowingly injure, damage or destroy the real or
personal property of one (1) or more other persons in the course of
a single criminal episode where the aggregate damage to the real or
personal property is less than four hundred dollars ($400. ) .
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 2nd day of February, A.D. 1993, and to be presented for final passage on the
16th day of February, A.D. 1993.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of February, A.D. 1993.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk