[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Mahanoy City 10-20-1908 by Ord. Nos. 16, 20, 22 and 32;[1] amended in its entirety 5-5-1981 by Ord. No. 81-3. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: These ordinances were approved 10-21-1908.
No person or persons shall interfere with or meddle with or
use any of the fireplugs within the limits of the Borough, excepting
firemen in the discharge of their duties, without the written consent
of at least two members of the Fire and Water Committee.
No person shall willfully or maliciously cut, injure, destroy
or deface any hose, fire engine or any part of any fire alarm system
of the Borough or any apparatus belonging to the Borough.
No person shall use any hose for any private purpose without
the consent of the Fire and Water Committee first had and obtained.
No portion of the fire apparatus shall at any time be taken
outside the limits of the Borough without the permission first had
and obtained of Borough Council or of at least three members of the
Fire and Water Committee, who may in their discretion require a guaranty
for possible damage to such fire apparatus.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement
under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County.
