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. • ' CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ? BY ORDINANCE NO. 83 - 15 AN ORDINANCft TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS IN THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT STATE LAW AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, Am. Sub. Senate Bill 199 and Am. Sub. House Bill 269 have increased from one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) to three hundred dollars ($300.00) the value of affected property or services involved in determining whether certain offenses are felonies or misdemeanors, or mis- demeanors of the first or seconddegree, effective January 5, 1983; WHEREAS, the Ohio Constitution requires ordinances which are enacted as an exercise of the Municipality's police powers to comply with general state law; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA , STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Sections 505.05, 517.05, 541.02, 545.05, 545.09, 545.10, 545.15 and 545.18 are hereby amended to read as follows: 505.05 KILLING OR INJUR,ING ANIMALS. (a) No person sha11 maliciously, or willfully, a.nd without the consent of the owner, ki11 or injure a farm animal, dog, cat or other domestic animal that is the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in an official capacity. (ORC 959.02) (b) Whoever violates this section, if the value of the animal kil.led or the injury done amounts to less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree; if the value of the animal Idlled or the injury done amounts to three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 959.99(B)) 517.05 CHEATING. (a) No person, with purpose to defraud or lnowing that he is facilitating a fraud, shall engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of; (1) The subject of a bet; (2) A contest of lnowledge, skill, speed, strength or endurance; (3) A scheme or game of cha.nce. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of cheating, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the potential ga.in from cheating is less than three hundred dollars ($300. 00), or if the offender has not previously been convicted of any gambling offense or of any thef.t offense as defined in Section 545. Ol. (ORC 2915.05) 541.02 ARSON. (a) No person, by means of fire or explosion, shall kiowingly cause or create a substantial risk of physical harm to any property of another without his consent. (b) This section does not apply if the violation is done with purpose to defraud or the property involved is a statehouse or a courthouse, school building or other structure owned or controlled by the State or any of its political subdivisions, or any department, agency or instrumenta.lity of either, and used for public purposes. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of axson, a misdemeanor of the first degree, i.f the value of the property or the amount of physical haxm involved is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00). (ORC 2909.03)