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OFFENSES--MISCELLANEOUS <br /> <br />§ 13-29 <br /> <br />Sec. 13-25. Loitering or playing in parks or playgrounds between certain hours or <br /> when same are closed. <br /> <br /> It shall be unlawful and a Class I misdemeanor for any person to loiter or play in or upon <br />any public park or playground in the city between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the <br />following day, or during the hours in which any such park or playground is closed, as <br />indicated by posted signs at the entrances thereto, describing such hours of closure. <br />(Code 1971, § 11-30; Ord. of 7-26-77) <br /> Cross reference--Penalty for Class i misdemeanor, § 1-11. <br /> <br />Sec. 13-26. Possession of alcoholic beverages in parks or playgrounds. <br /> <br /> It shall be unlawful and a Class 4 misdemeanor for any person to possess any alcoholic <br />beverages, whether opened or unopened, in any city park or on any public playground. <br /> Cross reference--Penalty for Class 4 misdemeanor, § 1-11. <br /> <br />Sec. 13-27. Expectorating in public places. <br /> <br /> (a) No person shall spit, expectorate or deposit any sputum, saliva, mucus or any form of <br />saliva or sputum upon any public sidewalk, or upon the floor, walls, stairways or any other <br />part of any public building or place where the public assembles, or upon any part of a public <br />vehicle or conveyance in the city. <br /> <br /> (b) A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor. <br />(Code 1971, § 9-2) <br /> Cross reference--Penalty for Class 4 misdemeanor, § 1-11. <br /> State law reference--Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-322. <br /> <br />Sec. 13-28. Damaging, defacing, etc., property generally. <br /> <br /> If any person, unlawfully but not feloniously, takes, carries away, destroys, defaces or <br />injures any property, real or personal, not his own, he shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. <br />(Code 1971, § 11-23) <br /> Cross references--Penalty for Class I misdemeanor, § 1-11; damaging electric meters, <br />switches or other fixtures, § 7-10; damaging fire department vehicles, § 9-9; damaging fire <br />hydrants or fire department connections, § 9-17; damaging certain traffic signs, § 12-72; <br />damaging parking meters, ~§ 12-89; damaging refuse containers or receptacles, § 18-23. <br /> State law reference--Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-137. <br /> <br />Sec. 13-29. Damaging ordefacing property in or on streets, lanes or public squares. <br /> <br /> Every person who shall maliciously, wantonly or carelessly mark with chalk or daub with <br />paint, cut, break or otherwise injure or deface any fence, wall, post, lamppost, lamp or lantern, <br />utility pole, tree, tree box, show window, house or other building or sidewalk in or upon any of <br />the streets, lanes or public squares of the city shall be guilty of a ClaSs'iI.~.misdemeanor. <br /> Cross references--Penalty for Class I misdemeanor, § 1-11; permit to cut, trim, etc., <br />street trees, § 19-10. <br /> <br />799 <br /> <br /> <br />