[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Rostraver 9-5-1989 as Part 8, Ch. 1, Art. E, of the 1989 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall destroy or injure, in any way
whatsoever, or tamper with or deface any public property of the Township
or any authority thereof within or without the Township or any grass,
walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight or gas or water
stop box or other facility of any public utility on or in any street,
alley, sidewalk or public ground in the Township. "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 Township.
No person 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 Township made, placed or set, or hereafter
made, placed or set, or caused to be done by the authorities of the
Township in any survey of or in any street, alley or public ground
in the Township 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 shall willfully or maliciously destroy,
remove, deface, obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign or barricade
erected by the authorities of the Township or by any person doing
work by permission of the authorities of the Township on any street,
alley, sidewalk or bridge in the Township or on any public ground
of the Township, whether located within or without the Township, as
a warning of danger.
No person shall take any earth, stone or other
material from any street, alley or public ground in the Township.
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 therein or to incidental results of work done thereon
or therein upon permit from or by authority of the Township.
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than $50 or more than $600 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 Township
or other injured party from taking proper legal action to recover
damages resulting from such violation.
