[Adopted 11-10-1969 by Ord. No. 9-1969 (Ch. VI, Secs. 8 through 13, of the 1970 Code of Ordinances)]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever or tamper with or deface any public property of Vandergrift Borough or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, fire hydrant, or water or gas stop box on or in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds in Vandergrift 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 the elevation, grade, line, location, corner or angle in Vandergrift Borough, 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 location, elevation, line, grade, corner or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb, gutter, drain or other public work, matter or thing.
No person or persons 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, bridges or public grounds in the Borough.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material from any of the streets, alleys or public grounds in Vandergrift Borough.
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 done thereon or therein upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 1-10-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 or 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 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 that violation.