[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Denver as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-14-1970 by Ord. No. 296 (Ch.
6, Part 4 of the 1996 Code)]
Ball playing, including the throwing, kicking
or knocking of any ball, and the throwing of any stone or other missile
of any kind upon or onto any public street, alley or sidewalk in the
Borough of Denver is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 475; 7-29-2013 by Ord. No.
612]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine not exceeding $600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Upon summary conviction, the person found guilty may be assessed reasonable
attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings
in accordance with Section 3321(6) of the Borough Code.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: See 53 P.S. § 48321(6).
[Adopted 9-14-1970 by Ord. No. 297 (Ch.
6, Part 2 of the 1996 Code)]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure
in any way whatsoever, or tamper with or deface any public property
of the Borough of Denver, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work,
building, streetlight, fire hydrant or water or gas stop box or any
other structure or fixture on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks
or public grounds in the Borough of Denver.
No person or persons shall in any way interfere
with or meddle with or pull, drive, change, alter or destroy any stake,
post, monument or other evidence of any elevation, grade, line, location,
corner or angle in the Borough of Denver made, placed or set, or hereafter
made, placed or set, or caused to be done by the authorities of the
Borough in any survey of or in any street, alley, sidewalk or public
ground in the Borough, to evidence the elevation, line, grade, location,
corner or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb, gutter
or other public work, matter or thing
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone,
or other material from any of the streets, alleys or public grounds
in the Borough.
No person or persons shall willfully or maliciously
destroy or remove or deface or obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning
sign or barricade erected by the authorities of the Borough or by
any person doing work by permission of the authorities of the Borough
on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds in the
Borough.
This article shall not apply to normal activities
in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of streets,
alleys, sidewalks and public grounds and the structures and fixtures
located thereon, or to incidental results of work thereon or therein
under permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 6-5-1989 by Ord. No. 436; 4-8-1996 by Ord. No.
475]
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
not exceeding $600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall
be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a
separate offense. Upon summary conviction, the person found guilty
may be assessed reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough
in the enforcement proceedings in accordance with Section 3321(6)
of the Borough Code.[1]
[Amended 7-29-2013 by Ord. No. 612]
[1]
Editor’s Note: See 53 P.S. § 48321(6).
B.
The fact that a violator has been penalized, after
hearing, as herein provided, shall not preclude the Borough or other
injured party from taking proper legal action to recover damages resulting
from such violation.
