Borough of Gettysburg, PA: Certain Acts Not Prohibited.

§ 6-101 Disorderly Conduct Prohibited.

[Ord. of 6/6/1899; as amended by Ord. 6666, 6/6/1966; by Ord. 6681, 8/11/1966; by Ord. 125, 6/13/1968; by Ord. 900-75, 9/9/1975; by Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; by Ord. 1100-90, 6/11/1990; by Ord. 1236-99, 12/13/1999; and by Ord. 1394-11, 12/12/2011]

Disorderly conduct, as defined in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code at 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5503, as amended, is prohibited within the Borough of Gettysburg.

§ 6-102 Unlawful to Throw Stones or Other Missiles or to Use Slingshots or Similar Devices.

It shall be unlawful to throw stones, or shoot metallic balls or any other projectiles, with a slingshot or gum strap or any other implement used for that purpose, or to willfully and maliciously throw stones, snowballs, ice, or any other projectiles within the limits of the Borough of Gettysburg.

§ 6-103 Unlawful to Destroy or Injure Certain Property.

No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever, or tamper with or deface, any public property of the Borough of Gettysburg, or any grass, plantings, trees, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, fire hydrant, water or gas stop box, or any post, pole or other structure or fixture in or on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, public ways or rights-of-way, parks or other public property or grounds of the Borough of Gettysburg.

§ 6-104 Unlawful to Tamper with Stakes or Monuments.

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 marker of the Borough of Gettysburg placed or caused to be placed by the authorities of the Borough relative to any street, alley, sidewalk, public way or right-of-way, park or other public property or ground of the Borough.

§ 6-105 Unlawful to Tamper with Warning Lamps, Signs or Barricades.

No person shall willfully 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 or permit of the authorities of the Borough on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds in the Borough as a warning of danger.

§ 6-106 Unlawful to Take Material from Streets, Alleys or Public Grounds.

No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or any other material from any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, public ways or rights-of-way, parks or other public property or grounds of the Borough.

§ 6-107 Certain Acts Not Prohibited.

This Part 1 shall not apply to normal activities in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of streets, alleys, sidewalks, public ways or rights-of-way, parks or other public property or grounds and the structures and fixtures erected thereon or to incidental results of work thereon or therein upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.

§ 6-108 Penalties.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part 1 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600. Every day that a violation of this Part 1 continues shall constitute a separate offense, provided that 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.