[Adopted 1-18-1960 by Ord. No. 740 (Ch.
6, Part 5, 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 Jersey Shore, or any grass, walk, lamp, post, pole,
fire hydrant or water or gas stop box on any of the streets, alleys,
parks or other public grounds in the Borough, or tamper or interfere
with any Borough stake or marker indicating a street, curb or sidewalk
grade or line.
No person shall willfully or maliciously destroy
or remove or deface or obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign
or barricade erected by 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, as a
warning of danger.
No person shall dig in or disturb the surface
of any of the public grounds of the Borough or place any impediment
or obstruction or any refuse of any kind upon any of the public grounds
of the Borough or in any of the storm sewers, drains or culverts,
or near the entrance thereto.
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, nor to incidental results of work thereon or therein
upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 9-8-1992 by Ord. No. 10-92; 5-6-1996 by Ord. No.
4-96]
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.
