[Amended 9-12-1973 by Ord. No. 9-1973]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause to be
blocked any street or public parking lot by placing or storing goods,
wares, merchandise, vehicles or other items or structures within the
traveled section of any such street or public parking lot. In addition,
it shall be unlawful for any person to allow the growth of vegetation
which acts as an obstruction within the traveled section of any street,
public parking lot or sidewalk.
[Amended 10-20-1993 by Ord. No. 21-1993; 6-15-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994]
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm
or corporation, or any employee or agent thereof, to park or leave
standing or to permit the parking or standing of any vehicle or tractor,
whether attended or unattended, for the purpose of making repairs
or renovations to such vehicle or tractor, or to put such vehicle
or tractor up on blocks, or to make repairs or renovations to such
vehicle or tractor, on any part of any street, avenue, alley or public
parking lot in the borough, except when the vehicle or tractor is
disabled while on said street, avenue or alley in such manner and
to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily
leaving such vehicle or tractor in such position and to make temporary
repairs thereto for the purpose of moving the same as soon as may
reasonably be done.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or
cause to be discharged any stormwater, roof runoff, sump pump discharge
or waters onto any street or public parking lot where such discharge
is determined to be a hazard by the Director of Public Works and/or
his or her designee. Upon such determination by the Borough's Director
of Public Works and/or his or her designee, the Borough's Director
of Public Works and/or his or her designee shall provide written notice
to such person to take such steps as are necessary to abate the hazard.
Exceptions to the requirements of this section may be permitted by
the Public Works Committee of the Borough Council due to unique physical
constraints.
[Added 6-15-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994]
[Amended 5-10-1989 by Ord. No. 11-1989; 10-20-1993 by Ord. No. 21-1993; 3-17-1999 by Ord. No. 5-1999]
Any person who violates or permits the violation
of any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in
a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice, be guilty
of a summary offense and shall be subject to the payment of a fine
of not less than $25 and not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution.
Upon default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to
imprisonment in the county prison for a period of not more than 30
days. Each section or provision of this chapter that is violated shall
constitute a separate offense, and each day or portion thereof in
which a violation of this chapter is found to exist shall constitute
a separate offense, each of which violations shall be punishable by
a separate fine imposed by the District Justice of not less than $25
and not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution, and, upon
default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
in the county prison for a term not more than 30 days.
