[Adopted 6-28-1889 by Ord. No. 7; amended in its entirety 6-12-1995 by Ord. No. 95-4 (Ch.
6, Part 2, of the 1995 Code of Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the term "person" shall include any
individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm or other legal
entity. The singular shall include the plural; the plural shall include
the singular; and the masculine shall include the feminine and the
neuter.
No person shall destroy, injure, tamper with or deface any public
property of the Borough, 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.
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, 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 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.
No person shall take any earth, stone, or other material from
any street, alley or public grounds in the Borough.
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.
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.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a
violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.