§ 17-8. Misdemeanor vandalism.

(a)

Definition. "Misdemeanor vandalism" is the knowing vandalizing, defacing or otherwise damaging of any of the following:

(1)

Any church, synagogue or other building, structure or place used for religious worship or other religious purpose;

(2)

Any cemetery, mortuary or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;

(3)

Any school, educational facility or community center;

(4)

The grounds adjacent to and owned or rented by any institution, facility, building, structure, or place described in paragraph (1), (2) or (3) above;

(5)

Any personal property contained in any institution, facility, building, structure or place described in paragraph (1), (2) or (3) above;

(6)

Any building, and the contents thereof, owned or leased by the Plaquemines Parish Government;

(7)

Any floodwall, floodgate, navigational lock, vehicular or pedestrian bridge or drainage pumping station owned or operated by the Plaquemines Parish Government;

where the damage for each separate act amounts to not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(b)

Penalty. Whoever commits the crime of misdemeanor vandalism shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than four (4) months in the parish jail or subject to not more than one hundred twenty (120) community service hours within a six-month period to repair the damage or to remove the vandalizing or defacing injury to the property, or a combination thereof, at the discretion of the court.

(Ord. No. 91-96, § 1, 6-27-91)