Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 9 — Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
Westminster Municipal Code Ch. 9.36 Injuring and Defacing Property
Westminster Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Westminster
Cite as: Westminster Municipal Code Chapter 9.36 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 9.36.010. Damaging property prohibited.¶
No person shall willfully or maliciously break or destroy any window, window sash, door, blind or pane of glass of any occupied or unoccupied house or outbuilding in the city, or any fence or improvement whatever, or enter any unoccupied house or outbuilding and destroy or damage anything therein or any part of said house or outbuilding, or aid, abet or assist anyone to commit such act or acts or damage said property within the city.
(Prior code § 3517)
§ 9.36.020. Defacing public notices prohibited.¶
No person shall intentionally deface, tear, tear down, obliterate or destroy any copy, transcript or excerpt of any ordinance of the city which is posted in, on or along any highway or other public place; or of any resolution, proclamation, advertisement or notice set up at any place by authority of any ordinance or resolution of the city before the expiration of the time in which such proclamation, advertisement, ordinance, resolution or notice was to remain posted.
(Prior code § 3518)
§ 9.36.030. Throwing objects prohibited.¶
It is unlawful for any person to throw upon, along or across any public highway, road, street, alley or sidewalk, any object capable of causing personal injury or damage to personal property, or to throw such object at or toward any person or any vehicle within the public right-of-way.
(Prior code § 3519)
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