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Borough of Hatboro, PA
Montgomery County
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[Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-501]
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. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-502]
No person shall destroy, injure, tamper with, or deface any public property of the Borough, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, street light, manhole cover, or fire hydrant in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds in the Borough.
[Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-503]
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. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-504]
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. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-505]
No person shall take any earth, stone, or other material from any street, alley, or public grounds in the Borough.
[Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-506]
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. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-507]
1. 
Unlawful to Tamper With Manhole Covers. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to open or otherwise tamper with any manhole or manhole covers forming a part of the storm or sanitary sewer system within the Borough of Hatboro.
2. 
Dumping of Materials and Substances Unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, or corporation to deposit or dump into manholes of said storm or sanitary sewer systems within the Borough of Hatboro any materials or substances of any kind whatsoever.
[Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-508]
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. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-509; as amended by Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.