[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]
As used in this Part, the term "person" shall include any individual,
corporation, partnership, association, firm or other legal entity.
The singular shall include the plural; the plural shall include the
singular; and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998;
and as amended by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
No person shall destroy, injure, tamper with or deface any public
property of the Borough, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work,
building or street light on or in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks
or public grounds in the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]
No person shall in any manner interfere or meddle with, or pull,
drive, change, alter or destroy any stake, post, monument or other
marking, made, placed or set, or hereafter made, placed or set, or
caused to be done by the authorities of 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, or thing.
[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998;
and as amended by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
No person shall destroy, remove, deface, obliterate or cover
up any lamp, sign or barricade erected as a warning of danger 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
or bridges in the Borough or on any public grounds of the Borough,
within or without the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998;
and as amended by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
No person shall take any earth, stone, or other material from
any street, alley or public grounds in the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998;
and as amended by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
No person shall pour, throw or deposit any harmful or destructive
substance or matter on any street, alley, sidewalk or public grounds
in the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]
This Part shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with construction, maintenance and repair of streets, alleys, sidewalks
and public grounds and the structures and fixtures located thereon
or therein, or to incidental results of work done thereon or therein
upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Ord. 103, 12/17/1932; as amended by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998;
and by Ord. 844, 9/8/2014]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days; provided that each
day's violation shall constitute a separate offense and notice to
the offender shall not be necessary in order to constitute an offense.
In the event that such claims for fines and penalties exceed the monetary
jurisdiction of a Magisterial District Judge as set forth in the Pennsylvania
Judicial Code (relating to jurisdiction and venue), exclusive of interest,
costs or other fees, the Borough may bring such action in the Court
of Common Pleas or may, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Judicial Code,
waive that portion of fines or penalties that exceeds the monetary
jurisdictional limits so as to bring the matter within the monetary
jurisdiction of the Magisterial District Judge.
