[Adopted 8-6-1963 by Ord. No. 815 (Ch. 106, Art. I, of the
1972 Code)]
No person shall post, stick, stamp, paint or otherwise fix,
or cause the same to be done by any person, any notice, placard, bill,
card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device, calculated to
attract the attention of the public, to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk,
curb or any other portion or part of any public way or public place,
including any and all streets, boulevards, avenues, lanes, alleys
and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, plazas, grounds and
buildings, or to any lamppost, electric light, telegraph or telephone
pole, or to any railway structure, hydrant, shade tree or tree box,
or to any other public structure or building, or upon any pole, post,
box or fixture erected by any governmental agency for control of traffic
or parking, designation of streets or highways or other public purpose,
except as such may be authorized or required by the laws of the United
States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the ordinances of the
Borough of Lansdale.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment
against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons
on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough lockup
for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
