[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Girard as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 283.
[Adopted 7-15-1974 by Ord. No. 457 (Ch. VI, Part 2, Secs.
11 and 12, of the 1974 Code of Ordinances)]
Ballplaying, including the throwing, kicking or knocking of
any ball, snowballing and the throwing of any stone or other missile
of any kind upon or onto any of the public streets, alleys, sidewalks
or public parks in the Borough of Girard is hereby prohibited, provided
that the prohibition of ballplaying shall not apply within the designated
areas of any recreational park of the Borough of Girard.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Borough before a Magisterial District Judge, pay
a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, incurred by the Borough in the enforcement of this
article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Borough may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the Borough are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance
herewith.
[Adopted 7-15-1974 by Ord. No. 459 (Ch. VI, Part 2, Secs.
13 through 18, of the 1974 Code of Ordinances)]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever
or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough of Girard,
within or without the Borough, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental
work, building, streetlight, or water or gas stop box on or in any
of the streets, alleys, sidewalks 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 Girard 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 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 or persons shall wilfully or maliciously destroy or
remove 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 or bridges in
the Borough or on any public grounds of the Borough, within or without
the Borough, as a warning of danger.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone, trees or shrubbery,
or other material, from any of the streets, alleys or public grounds
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, or to incidental results of work done thereon upon permit
from or by authority of the Borough.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Borough before a Magisterial District Judge, pay
a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, incurred by the Borough in the enforcement of this
article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Borough may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the Borough are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance
herewith.
