(A) It shall be unlawful to commit theft. A person commits theft when he or she knowingly obtains or exercises control over anything of value of another without authorization, or by threat or deception, and:

(1) Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;

(2) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value in such a manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;

(3) Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use and benefit; or

(4) Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person.

(B) This section shall only apply if the value of said thing of value is less than $500.00. (Ord. 704 §1, 1986; Ord. 938 §4, 1992; Ord. 1504 §5, 2000)

(A) It shall be unlawful to commit theft of rental property. A person commits theft of rental property if he or she:

(1) Obtains the temporary use of personal property of another, which is available only for hire, by means of threat or deception, or knowing that such use is without the consent of the person providing the personal property; or

(2) Having lawfully obtained possession for temporary use of the personal property of another which is available only for hire, knowingly fails to reveal the whereabouts of or to return said property to the owner thereof or his or her representative or to the person from whom he or she has received it within seventy-two hours after the time at which he or she has agreed to return it.

(B) This section shall only apply if the value of said personal property is less than $500.00. (Ord. 704 §1, 1986; Ord. 938 §5, 1992; Ord. 1504 §6, 2000)