§ 2000. Petit larceny.

Petit larceny is hereby declared to be an offense and shall be defined as the taking, by fraud or stealth, of personal property with the intent to deprive another thereof, when such property is of value not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The definition of personal property shall have the meaning normally ascribed to it and shall include the instruments, items or things described in this section.

A.

Written Instruments. When the personal property consists of any evidence of debt, its value shall be determined by:

1.

The amount of money which is due thereon or secured to be paid thereby and remaining unsatisfied or which in any contingency might be collected thereon;

2.

The value of the property, the title to which is shown thereby; or

3.

The sum which might be recovered in the absence thereof.

B.

Passage Ticket. When the personal property consists of any ticket or other paper or writing entitling the holder or proprietor thereof to passage upon any railroad, vessel or other public conveyance, the value of such ticket shall be the price at which tickets entitling a person to like passage are usually sold by the proprietor of such conveyance.

C.

Fixtures. Any fixtures or part of realty, the instant it is severed from the realty, shall be deemed personal property.

D.

Securities Not Issued. Instruments for the payment of money, evidence of debt, public security or passage ticket, completed and ready to be issued or delivered, although the same have never been issued or delivered by the makers thereof to any person as a purchaser or owner, shall be deemed personal property.

(Ord. Nos. 17470, 20184)