[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
New Britain 11-6-1973 by Ord. No. 139 (Ch. VI, Sections 10 through
15, of the 1973 Borough Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 295.
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever,
or tamper with or deface any public property in the Borough of New
Britain, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight,
fire hydrant or gas or water stop box on or in any street, alley,
sidewalk or public ground 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 Britain, 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,
sewer, 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, bridges or public
grounds in the Borough.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material
from any of the streets, alleys or public grounds in the Borough of
New Britain.
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 thereon
or therein, or to incidental results of work done thereon or therein
upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$10 or more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of
payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than
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.
