No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any manner whatsoever,
or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough of New Hope, or
any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, fire hydrant
or water or gas stop cock box in any of the streets, alleys 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
of New Hope, 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 elevation, line, grade,
sidewalk, curb, gutter, sewer or other public work, matter or thing.
No person or persons shall willfully or maliciously destroy or deface
or 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, public grounds or bridges in 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, nor to incidental
results of work thereon or therein upon permit from or authority of the Borough.
[Amended 8-13-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-2]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000
and costs, or in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 30 days, provided, 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.