No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever,
or tamper with or deface any public property in the Borough of Etna,
or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, street light,
fire hydrant or water or gas stop box in or on any street, alley,
sidewalk or public ground in the Borough.
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 Etna, 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, bridge, 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, flare, 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 street, alley, sidewalk, bridge or public ground
in the Borough as a warning of danger.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material
from any street, alley or public ground in the Borough of Etna.
This chapter shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with the construction, maintenance and repair of the streets, alleys,
bridges, sidewalks and public grounds and the structures and fixtures
thereon or therein upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 12-11-1989 by Ord. No. 1208]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter 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 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 that violation.