[Adopted 8-13-1973 by Ord. No. 209]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever
or tamper with or deface any public property in the Township of Lower
Moreland or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, street
sign, streetlight, fire hydrant or fire hydrant marker or water or
gas stop box on or in any street, alley, sidewalk or public ground
in the Township.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A metal pole or post, not more than eight feet in height
or less than six feet in height, placed within three feet of a fire
hydrant in a manner which will not interfere with the use of the hydrant,
with a suitable ornament or sign on the top, the purpose of such markers
being to assist firefighters in locating fire hydrants when such hydrants
are obstructed by snow or vegetation.
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 Township of Lower Moreland made, placed or set or
hereafter made, placed or set or caused to be done by the authorities
of the Township in any survey of or in any street, alley or public
ground in the Township to evidence the location, elevation, line,
grade, corner or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb,
gutter, sewer, drain or other public work, matter or thing.
No person or persons shall in any manner destroy or remove or
deface or obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign or barricade
erected by the authorities of the Township or by any person, firm
or corporation doing work by permission of the authorities of the
Township on any street, alley, sidewalk, bridge or public ground in
the Township.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material
from any street, alley or public ground in the Township of Lower Moreland.
This article shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with the construction, maintenance and repair of streets, alleys,
sidewalks, bridges 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 Township.
[Amended 3-21-1990 by Ord. No. 392]
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 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine
and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days. The fact that
a violator has been penalized, after hearing, as herein provided,
shall not preclude the Township or other injured party from taking
proper legal action to recover damages resulting from such violation.
