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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE TO MAKE VIOLATIONS APPLICABLE ON PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY AND MAKE CERTAIN VIOLATIONS MISDEMEANORS.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Article I, Section 35-1 of Chapter 35 of the Duluth City Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 35-1. Injury, defacing, etc., of structures, etc., prohibited.
(a) For purposes of this Article, the term "publicly owned property" means property owned by the city of Duluth;
(b) No person shall cut, break, or in any way injure or deface any of the buildings, fences, structures, improvements, or any other city property or any trees or shrubbery upon or within any of the parks of the city, upon or within publicly owned property, or any of the trails, paths, or roads or road ways constructed upon or across such parks or publicly owned property;
(bc) No person shall dig, excavate, or disturb any earth or turf upon or within any of the parks of the city or publicly owned property without written permission of the director of parks and recreation;
(cd) No person shall damage or cause to be damaged, either directly or through the use of a vehicle, any turf, sod, grass or shrubbery in any park or publicly owned property;
(de) Any person convicted of a violation of this Section shall make restitution to the city for damage. done and any judge sentencing such person may order restitution as a part of the sentence.
(f) A person found to be in violation of this Section is subject to a misdemeanor offense for which a sentence of not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1000, or both, may be imposed.
Section 2. That Article I, Section 35-6 of Chapter 35 of the Duluth City Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 35-6. Vehicles, parking and recreational trails and paths.
(a) For the purpose of this Section, words used herein shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in sections 33-1 and 33-224 of this Code;
(b) No perso...
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