[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Collegeville 8-7-1985 by Ord. No.
332 as Part 8, Ch. 1, Art. A, of the 1985 Code of
Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever, or
tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough or of any
authority created by the Borough or by the Borough jointly with any
other municipality, within or without the Borough, or any grass, shrub,
tree, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, fire hydrant
or gas or water stop box on or in any street, sidewalk or public ground
in the Borough. Provided, defacement shall include, but shall not
be limited to, the making of graffiti or other markings upon any of
the property above referred to or upon the surface of any street,
alley, sidewalk or curb in the Borough.
No person shall in any manner interfere with or meddle with
or pull, drive, change, alter or destroy any stake, posts, monument
or other evidence of any elevation, grade, line, location, corner
or angle in the 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 shall willfully or maliciously destroy, remove, deface,
obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign or barricade erected
by the authorities of the Borough or by any person doing work by permission
of the authorities of the Borough on any street, alley, sidewalk or
bridge in the Borough or on any public ground of the Borough, within
or without the Borough as a warning of danger.
No person shall take any earth, stone or other material from
any street, alley or public ground in the Borough.
This chapter shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with the construction, maintenance and repair of streets, alleys,
sidewalks and public ground 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.
