[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Lansford as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-3-1968 by Ord. No. 27; amended in its entirety 1-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1]
A. 
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, or other legal entity.
B. 
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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such 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 Carbon County.
[Adopted 12-3-1968 by Ord. No. 27; amended in its entirety 1-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1]
The Lansford Borough Council shall by resolution at any duly organized public meeting establish times during which various public places and facilities within the Borough shall be open to the public.
The times established for each area shall be posted at each site.
It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy any public place within the Borough posted as described in § 326-10 at any time not specified in the notice as posted.
[Amended 1-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such 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 Carbon County.