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Borough of Hamburg, PA
Berks County
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[Ord. 427, 7/10/1973; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
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. 427, 7/10/1973; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
No person shall destroy, injure, tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building or streetlight on or in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds in the Borough.
[Ord. 427, 7/10/1974; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
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. 427, 7/10/1974; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
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.
[Ord. 427, 7/10/1974; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
No person shall take any earth, stone or other material from any street, alley or public grounds in the Borough.
[Ord. 427, 7/10/1974; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
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.
[Ord. 427, 7/10/1974; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
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. 427, 7/10/1974; as amended by Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.