[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mount Holly Springs as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-7-1965 by Ord. No. 319 (Ch. V, § 4, of the 1979 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation to obstruct the passage of the waters of any sewer, drain or watercourse within the limits of the Borough of Mount Holly Springs. Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article 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 Cumberland County.
[Adopted 6-7-1965 by Ord. No. 320 (C. V, §§ 5 through 10, of the 1979 Code of Ordinances)]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever, or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough of Mount Holly Springs, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, fire hydrant, sewer grate or inlet, or water or gas stop box on or in any of the streets, alleys or public grounds 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 Mount Holly Springs, 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 elevation, line, grade, location, corner or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb, gutter, sewer 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, 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 of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or bridges in the Borough, as a warning of danger.
No person or persons 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, sidewalks and public grounds and the structures and fixtures located therein, or to incidental results of work thereon or therein upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[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 being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article 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 Cumberland County.