[Adopted 4-14-1980 by Ord. No. 753 (Ch. 16, Art. IV, of the 1980 Code
of Ordinances)]
No person shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever or tamper
with or deface any public property of the Borough of East Pittsburgh,
within or without the Borough, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental
work, building, streetlight, or water stop box on or in any of the
streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds in the Borough.
No person 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 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 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 doing work by permission of the authorities
of the Borough on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or bridges
in the Borough or on any public grounds 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 of the streets, alleys, or public grounds in the Borough.
This article 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 therein, or to incidental results of work done thereon
or therein upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300,
and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days, provided
each violation of any provision of this article, and each day the
same is continued, shall be deemed a separate offense, and 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 such violation.
The provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any
of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, illegal, or
otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of
any of the remaining provisions of this article. It is hereby declared
as a legislative intent that this article would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional, illegal, or otherwise invalid provision
not been included herein.
