[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Bellefonte 12-24-1963 by Ord. No. 476 (Ch. 664 of the 1979 Codified
Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-17-1988 by Ord. No. 995]
No person shall destroy or injure in any way, or tamper with
or deface, any public facility or property of the Borough, or the
sewer or water system thereof, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornament,
ornamental work, sign, building, streetlight, fire hydrant, statuary,
or water or gas stop box on or in any of the streets, alleys, parks,
cemeteries or other public grounds in the Borough.
No person shall in any manner interfere 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 that is made, placed or set, or caused to be done,
by the authorities of the Borough in any survey or in any street,
alley or public ground in the Borough to evidence the location, elevation,
line, grade, 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, remove, deface,
obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign or barricade erected
by the authorities of the Borough or by any person 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 shall take any earth, stone or other material from
any of the streets, alleys, parks or other 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, or to incidental results of work thereon or therein, upon
permit from or by authority of the Borough or the commonwealth.
[Added 10-17-1988 by Ord. No. 995]
There is hereby offered a reward of $100 to any person who offers
information to the police forces of the Borough or other law enforcement
agency, which information leads to the detection, apprehension, arrest
and conviction of any person who violates any of the provisions of
this chapter. Such reward shall be payable upon the final conviction
of such person. Likewise, such reward shall be payable to any person
who provides information which leads to the detection, apprehension,
arrest and conviction of any person who violates any state or federal
regulation, ordinance, law or statute as a result of destroying, injuring,
defacing, obliterating, interfering with, tampering with or removing
any public property of the Borough.
