Borough of Glen Rock, PA Part 3 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

§ 6-301 Unlawful To Tamper With Public Property or Property in Streets, Alleys or Public Grounds.

[Ord. 198 (72-5), 5/18/1972, § 1]

No person shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever, or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough of Glen Rock, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, traffic light, fire hydrant or water or gas stop box on any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds in the Borough.

§ 6-302 Unlawful To Tamper With Stakes and Monuments.

[Ord. 198 (72-5), 5/18/1972, § 2]

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 Glen Rock, made, placed or set, or hereafter made, placed or set, or caused to be done by the authorities of said 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.

§ 6-303 Unlawful To Tamper With Warning Lamps, Signs or Barricades.

[Ord. 198 (72-5), 5/18/1972, § 3]

No person shall wilfully or maliciously destroy or remove, deface, 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.

§ 6-304 Unlawful To Take Earth, Stone or Other Material From Streets, Alleys or Public Grounds.

[Ord. 198, (72-5), 5/18/1972, § 4]

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.

§ 6-305 Certain Acts Not Unlawful.

[Ord. 198 (72-5), 5/18/1972, § 5]

This Part 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 work thereon or therein upon permit from or authority of the Borough.

§ 6-306 Penalty for Tampering With Certain Property.

[Ord. 198 (72-5), 5/18/1972, § 6; as amended by Ord. 490 (2017-05), 10/18/2017]

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a fine of not 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 or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense. 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.