§ 28-24. Fraudulent use of pay phones, parking meters and other coin-operated machines.

(a)

No person shall operate, cause to be operated or attempt to operate or cause to be operated any coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine that operates on the coin-in-the-slot principle, whether of like kind or not, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, in connection with the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges or any other service, or the sale of merchandise or other property, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeit, mutilated, sweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever, not authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine.

(b)

No person shall obtain or receive telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges, merchandise or any other service or property from any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, without depositing in or surrendering to such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine.

(c)

A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 1023, § 1; Code 1961, § 25-54)

Cross reference— Parking meters, § 26-146 et seq.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-179.

(Ord. No. 1023, § 1; Code 1961, § 25-54)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-179.

Cross reference

Parking meters, § 26-146 et seq.