6-2-3: UNAUTHORIZED USE OR TAMPERING:

   A.   Any person who shall operate a vessel or motorboat, not his own, without the consent of the owner thereof and with intent to temporarily deprive said owner of his possession of such vessel or motorboat, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The consent of the owner of a vessel or motorboat to its taking or driving shall not in any case be presumed or implied because of such owner's consent on a previous occasion to the taking or driving of such vessel or motorboat by the same or a different person. Any person who knowingly assists in, or is a party or accessory to or an accomplice in any such unauthorized taking or operating shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.

   B.   Any person who shall individually or in association with one or more others wilfully break, injure, tamper with or remove any part or parts of any vessel or motorboat for the purpose of injuring, defacing or destroying such vessel or motorboat, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner of such vessel or motorboat or who shall in any other manner wilfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vessel or motorboat shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

   C.   Any person who shall, without the consent of the owner or person in charge of a vessel or motorboat, climb into or upon such vessel or motorboat with the intent to commit any crime, malicious mischief or injury thereto, or who, while a vessel or motorboat is at rest and unattended, shall attempt to manipulate any of the levers, starting crank, other starting device or other mechanism thereof, or to set said vessel or motorboat in motion, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 101, 10-29-1980)