No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever,
or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough of Royersford,
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 the Borough of Royersford.
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 Royersford, 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 wilfully 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, as a warning of danger.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material
from any of the streets, alleys or public grounds in the Borough of
Royersford.
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 structures and fixtures located
thereon, or to incidental results of work done thereon or therein
upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 6-28-1988 by Ord. No. 694; 10-30-1990 by Ord. No. 715; at time of adoption of
Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement
under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.