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§ 13-30 MARTINSVILLE CODE
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<br />Sec. 13-30. Damaging shrubs, plants, etc., on public property.
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<br /> (a) It shall be unlawful and a Class I misdemeanor for any person to wilfully break,
<br />destroy, deface, mutilate or injure any shrub, plant, flower or other ornamental growth in any
<br />park, street or public ground within the city.
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<br /> (b) This section shall not apply to any act or work done in accord with a permit issued by
<br />the director of public works under Chapter 19 of this Code.
<br />(Code 1971,. § 15-9)
<br /> Cross reference--Penalty for Class I misdemeanor, § 1-11.
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<br />Sec. 13-31. Altering surface of road or other public property; obstructing drainage.
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<br /> (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to alter in any way the existing surface of any
<br />public road, right-of-way, drainage easement or other public property in the city, unless such
<br />person first obtains permission for such alteration from the planning commission. The plan-
<br />ning commission or its agent shall specify what alterations may be made and shall also
<br />specify the condition upon which such alterations shall be made in order to ensure the
<br />satisfactory completion of such work in the interest of the general public.
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<br /> (b) No person shall obstruct any ditch, road, swale, public right-of-way, watercourse or
<br />drainage easement in such a manner as to interfere with the natural flow of water or to cause
<br />any stoppage or impediment to the natural flow thereof across and along such ditch, road,
<br />swale, public right-of-way, watercourse or drainage easement.
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<br /> (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, without lawful authority first obtained, to destroy,
<br />injure, close up, dam up or stop up, or cause to be destroyed, injured, closed up, dammed up or
<br />stopped up, or to interfere with in any way any ditch, drain, catch basin, pipe or any part of
<br />the surface drainage system of the city, whether upon city property or upon private property,
<br />so as to cause water, soil or debris to be dammed up, backed up or deposited upon the property
<br />of others, or upon the streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds of the city.
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<br /> (d) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class i misdemeanor.
<br />(Code 1971, § 17-1)
<br /> Cross references--Penalty for Class I misdemeanor, § 1-11; raising or lowering grade of
<br />street or sidewalk so as to affect abutting property, § 19-4.
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<br />Sec. 13-32. Injuring, tampering with, etc., vehicles, boats, etc.
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<br /> (a) Any person who shall, individually or in association with one or more others, willfully
<br />break, injure, tamper with or remove any part of any vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel, for the
<br />purpose of injuring, defacing or destroying such vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel, or temporar-
<br />ily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or
<br />without the consent of the owner of such vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel, or who shall in any
<br />other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent 'the running or operation of
<br />such vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel, shall be guilty of a Class i misdemeanor.
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<br /> (b) Any person who shall, without the consent of the owner or person in charge of a
<br />vehicle, aircraft, boat, vessel or locomotive or other rolling stock of a railroad, climb into or
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