No person or persons shall destroy or injure
in any way whatsoever, or tamper with or deface any public property
of the Borough, or any authority thereof, within or without the Borough,
or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight,
or water stop box on or in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or
public grounds in the Borough.
No person or persons shall in any manner 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, 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 or public
ground in the Borough, to evidence the location, elevation, line,
grade, corner or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb,
gutter, drain or other public work, matter or thing.
No person or persons shall wilfully or maliciously
destroy, remove, deface, obliterate, or cover up any lamp, warning
sign or barricade erected by the authorities of the Borough or by
any person, firm or corporation doing work by permission of the authorities
of the Borough on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or bridges
in the Borough or on any public grounds of the Borough, within or
without the Borough, as a warning of danger.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone
or other material from any of the streets, alleys or public grounds
in the Borough.
This chapter 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 done thereon or therein
upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 8-16-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-4]
A. Any person
who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, for each and
every such violation, pay a fine of not more than $600 and the costs
of prosecution thereof, which shall include reasonable attorney's
fees; provided, however, that a person 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.
B. Any person
found guilty of or liable for violating any ordinance of the Borough
shall be assessed court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred
by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings.
[Added 9-17-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-6]