[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Washington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks — See Ch. 234.
[Adopted 10-1-1956 by Ord. No. 693 (Ch. 6, Part 8, of the
1986 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 City of Washington
on any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds in the
City.
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 City of Washington, made, placed or set, or hereafter
made, placed or set, or caused to be done by the authorities of said
City in any survey of or in any street, alley or public ground in
the City to evidence the elevation, line, grade, location, corner
or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb, gutter, sewer
or other public work, matter or thing.
No person 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 City or by any person, firm or corporation
doing work by permission of the authorities of the City on any of
the streets, alleys, sidewalks or bridges in the City as a warning
of danger.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material
from any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds in
the City.
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, nor to incidental results of work thereon or therein upon
permit from or authority of the City.
[Amended 4-24-1986 by Ord. No. 1356; 12-7-2006 by Ord. No. 1766]
A.Â
Any individual, person, firm, corporation or other entity who shall
violate any provision of this article shall, upon being held liable
in any civil proceeding or upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to
pay a penalty, fine or charge of no less than $100 nor more than the
maximum amount permitted by law, but not to exceed $1,000, and in
default of payment or any failure to pay any fine or penalty, upon
a summary or other criminal conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment
for a period not to exceed 30 days, or both.
B.Â
Each day that a violation of this article shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense, subject to the fines, costs, penalties and charges
set forth above for each offense.
C.Â
Nothing herein shall limit, prevent or preclude the City of Washington
from taking any and all legal action or exercising any other remedy
available to the City by law, including but not limited to the initiation
of civil or criminal proceedings or injunctive relief, in order to
enforce or ensure compliance with this article. As an additional remedy,
the City of Washington may abate any nuisance, dangerous or hazardous
condition by any means permitted by law, which shall include but not
be limited to an action in the Court of Common Pleas of Washington
County, Pennsylvania, for injunctive relief; the use of any City of
Washington personnel, equipment and materials or that of an authorized
agent or contractor hired by the City to remove or abate any nuisance,
dangerous or hazardous condition, and with all costs thereof or related
thereto to be charged against the property owner(s) and/or person
or entity who has violated the article or portion thereof; said costs
shall include all actual costs and expenses, including all costs of
collection and reasonable administrative costs of the City, incurred
in enforcing the provisions of the article.
