[Adopted 11-4-1991 by Ord. No. 91-2 (Ch. 6, Part 3, of the 2006 codification)]
No person shall destroy, injure, tamper with or deface any public
property of the Borough of Prospect, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental
work, building or streetlight on or in any of the streets, alleys,
sidewalks or public grounds in the Borough of Prospect.
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 of Prospect, 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.
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 of Prospect 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 of Prospect or on any
public grounds of the Borough, within or without the Borough of Prospect.
No person shall take any earth, stone or other material from
any street, alley or public grounds in the Borough of Prospect.
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 of Prospect.
This article 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 of Prospect.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
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 article in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County.