§ 12-1. City criminal code established.

(a)

Adoption of city criminal code.

(1)

The criminal code is hereby adopted and shall constitute and may be referred to as the city criminal code, and any and all additions and amendments to this Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the mayor and city council to make the same a part hereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Code so that a reference to the city criminal code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

(2)

This chapter shall be known as the city criminal code.

(b)

Adoption of state criminal code.

(1)

All penal or criminal laws of the state, other than those the violation of which is a felony, are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set out, provided the penalty for commission of such offenses hereunder shall be limited to that as imposed under section 1-16. It is unlawful to violate any of such laws, and, upon conviction, violators shall be punished according to section 1-16.

(2)

When referring to a penal or criminal law under this chapter, or issuing a citation or prosecuting an offense on behalf of the city under this chapter, the section number of that offense shall be cited in the following two-part numbering scheme: the first part of the section number will be the number of this chapter ("12") the second part of the section number will be the section number of the penal or criminal law as listed in this chapter (i.e. City Criminal Code Section 12-70 Noise Control).

(3)

When referring to a penal or criminal laws of the state, the chapter number and section number of the state offense shall be cited using the state chapter and section number (i.e. R.S. 14:67.10 Theft of Goods).

(Code 1976, § 15:1; Ord. No. 794, §§ 1, 4, 5, 4-21-1976; Ord. No. 1494 , 9-8-2014)