It is unlawful for any person to commit an act of vandalism within the city.

    A.    A minor who has been convicted of an act of vandalism hereunder is required, within ninety (90) days after being taken into custody, to provide restitution. The parents or legal guardians of a minor who is convicted of an act of vandalism are responsible for insuring that the minor will participate in the city police social worker program and provide restitution. Any minor who engages in an act of vandalism and who fails to participate in the city police social worker program shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars($500.00). Any minor who engages in an act of vandalism and who fails to provide restitution shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). The parent or legal guardian of a minor shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) if the minor engaged in an act of vandalism and fails to participate in the city police social worker program or fails to provide restitution as herein required.

    B.    For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall be applied:

    "Person" includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind;

    "Property" includes any real estate, including improvements thereon, and tangible personal property;

    "Parent" includes the lawful father and mother of the minor child, whether by birth or adoption;

    "Legal guardian" includes a foster parent, a person appointed guardian of a person, or given custody, of a minor by a Circuit Court of this state, but does not include a person appointed a guardian only of the estate of a minor, or appointed guardian, or given custody of a minor under the Illinois Juvenile Court Act;

    "Minor" includes a person who is above the age of eleven (11) years, but not yet eighteen (18) years of age;

    "Acts of vandalism" includes any of the following acts:

    1.    Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly damaging or destroying any property of another person without his consent; or

    2.    Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly, by means of fire or explosive device, damage, deface or destroy any property of another person; or

    3.    Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly starting a fire on the land of another person without his consent; or

    4.    Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly depositing on the land or in the building of another person, without his consent, any stink bomb, or any offensive smelling compound and thereby interfering with the use or occupancy by another, of the land or building; or

    5.    Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly, without authority, entering into or obtaining control over any building, housetrailer, motor vehicle, aircraft or watercraft or any part thereof, of another person without his consent. (Prior code § 27-3-22)