[Adopted 5-8-1975 by Ord. No. 1179;
approved 5-8-1975]
No person shall destroy or injure in any manner whatsoever or tamper
with or deface any public property of the Borough of Carlisle or of any authority
created by the said Borough, or any tombstone or monument in any cemetery
in the Borough or any fence surrounding the same, or any grass, shrub, tree,
walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, fire hydrant or water
or gas stop box in or on any street, alley, park or other public ground in
the Borough. "Defacement" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the
making of graffiti or other markings upon any of the property herein referred
to or upon the surface of any street, alley, sidewalk or curb 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
of Carlisle, 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, sewer or other
public work, matter or thing.
No person or persons shall willfully or maliciously remove or interfere
with or deface or obliterate or cover up any lamp or flare, 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
or under contract with such authorities, upon any street, alley, sidewalk
or bridge in the Borough, as a warning of danger.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material from
any street, alley, park or other public ground 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 and therein,
or to incidental results of work thereon and therein upon permit from or by
authority of the Borough.
[Amended 3-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1576, approved 3-10-1988]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and
costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to
imprisonment for not more than 30 days. 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.
