[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Borough of West
View 11-14-1979 by Ord. No. 1239 (Ch. 69A of the 1977 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person, persons, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
municipality or public utility shall obstruct any fire hydrant in
the Borough of West View so as to render said fire hydrant inaccessible
for operation or to allow a condition to exist that causes said hydrant
to be inaccessible for operation. Further, no landscaping or grading
shall be done in or around fire hydrants that deviates from the ordained
or established grade so as to render said fire hydrant inaccessible
for operation either in connecting thereto or in having the ability
to turn said hydrant on for use. If such a condition now exists in
and around any hydrant, it shall be the responsibility of the property
owner, whether a person, persons, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
municipality or public utility, to correct said condition immediately.
The terms of this chapter shall not impose a duty upon any person,
persons, partnership, joint venture, corporation, municipality or
public utility to guarantee that the fire hydrant is mechanically
workable or that the water pressure is adequate, but rather shall
apply to access to and, as a result, the ability to manually engage
said fire hydrant.
Accessibility to the fire hydrant or the creation of artificial
conditions or alteration of grade shall be determined by the Borough
Manager of the Borough of West View, and said official shall have
power to enforce this chapter.
Any person, persons, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
municipality or public utility violating the terms of this chapter
shall be guilty of a summary offense and shall pay a fine of not more
than $300.
