[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Etna as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-20-1973 by Ord. No. 1070[1] (Ch. VI, Part 4, of the 1974 Code of Ordinances)]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 4 of this ordinance repealed Ord.
Nos. 749, 821, and 951.
Disorderly conduct is hereby prohibited within the Borough of
Etna. Any person who shall wilfully make or cause to be made any loud,
boisterous and unseemly noise or disturbance to the annoyance of the
peaceable residents nearby, or near to any public street or alley
or public ground within the Borough, whereby the public peace is broken
or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed, shall be guilty of disorderly
conduct.
Disturbance of the peace is hereby prohibited within the Borough
of Etna. Any person who shall be guilty of any wilful act causing
or tending to cause a disturbance of the peace and good order of the
Borough, or causing or tending to cause any danger, discomfort or
annoyance to inhabitants of the Borough or to users of any of the
public streets or alleys in the Borough; or who shall fight or quarrel
or incite others to fight or quarrel; or who shall congregate upon
any of the public streets or alleys or public grounds in the Borough
to the annoyance of peaceable residents nearby or traveling upon any
street or alley or being lawfully upon any of the public grounds in
the Borough, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the
traveling public annoyed, shall be guilty of disturbance of the peace.
[Amended 12-11-1989 by Ord. No. 1208]
Any person who violates any provision of this article, or who
causes, helps, aids or abets any person to violate any such provision,
shall for every such violation, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default
of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more
than 30 days.
[Adopted 11-23-1868 by Ord. No. 10 (Ch. VI, Part 5, of the 1974 Code of
Ordinances)]
[Amended 3-8-1954 by Ord.
No. 799; 12-11-1989 by Ord. No. 1208]
It shall be unlawful for any person to bathe, swim or wash in
the Allegheny River or Pine Creek within the limits of the Borough
of Etna unless that person is wearing a bathing suit or other suitable
garment to protect his or her person from exposure. Any such person
who violates any provision of this section shall, for every such violation,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600
and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and costs,
to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Added 1-10-1944 by Ord.
No. 726; amended 6-12-1950 by Ord. No. 772; 3-8-1954 by Ord. No. 815]
No person, firm or corporation shall throw or permit to fall
upon any sidewalk in the Borough any banana skin or other vegetable
or other matter liable to endanger any person or persons using such
sidewalk.
[Added 1-10-1944 by Ord.
No. 726; amended 6-12-1950 by Ord. No. 772; 3-8-1954 by Ord. No. 815]
No person shall wilfully discharge any gun or other firearm
within the limits of the Borough, except in necessary defense of person
or property, nor shall any person throw any snowball, football, metal,
stone, brick or other missile in or on any of the streets, sidewalks
or alleys in the Borough.
[Added 1-10-1944 by Ord.
No. 726; amended 12-20-1973 by Ord. No. 1058; 12-11-1989 by Ord. No. 1208]
Any person, whether principal or agent, who violates any provision
of this article shall, for every such violation, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution
and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days, provided that each day on which any person,
firm or corporation violates any provision of this article shall constitute
a separate violation.
[Added 1-10-1944 by Ord.
No. 726]
In addition to the penalties herein provided, the Borough of
Etna may institute appropriate actions or proceedings at law or in
equity to secure compliance with the provisions of this article. By
reason of the dangerous character of any structure or its unsanitary
or noxious condition, the enforcing officer may order the building
vacated and kept vacant until such dangerous, unsanitary or noxious
condition is corrected.
[Added 1-10-1944 by Ord.
No. 726]
If any of the provisions of this article shall be held by any
court to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not be
held to invalidate any other provisions of this article.
