No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever,
or tamper with, or deface any public property of the Borough of Kittanning,
or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight,
fire hydrant or water or gas stop box or any of the streets, alleys,
parks or other public grounds in the Borough.
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 Borough of Kittanning, made, placed, or set, or hereafter
made, placed or set, or caused to be done by the authorities of the
Borough in any survey of or in any street, alley or public ground
in the Borough, 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 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 of the authorities of the Borough
on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or bridges in the Borough
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 Borough, or from the river bank or river bottom.
This chapter shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with the construction, maintenance and repair of streets, alleys,
sidewalks and public grounds and the structure and fixtures located
therein, or to incidental results of work thereon or therein upon
permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 12-14-1976 by Ord. No. 217-1976; 4-10-1989 by Ord. No. 333-1989]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600
and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of fine and costs,
to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Provided: 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.