No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever or
tamper with or deface any public property of the City of Monessen or any grass,
walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight or water or gas stop box
on any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds in the City of
Monessen.
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 City
of Monessen made, placed or set or hereafter made, placed or set or caused
to be done by the authorities of the City of Monessen in any survey of or
in any street, alley or public ground in the city to evidence the elevation,
line, grade, location, corner or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk,
curb, gutter, sewer or other public work, matter or thing.
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
authorities of the city or by any person, firm or corporation doing work by
permission of the authorities of the city on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks
or bridges in the city as a warning of danger.
No person shall take any earth, stone or other material from any of
the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds in the city.
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, nor to incidental
results of work done thereon or therein upon permit from or by authority of
the city.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§
182-2 through
182-6 of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before any District Justice having jurisdiction of such offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 or to undergo imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both. The fact that a violator has been penalized, after hearing, as herein provided, shall not preclude the city or other injured party from taking proper legal action to recover damages resulting from such violation.