[Adopted 5-21-1986 by Ord. No. 10-86]
Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person
to erect or any property owner to permit to remain erected on his
or her or its property, a basketball pole, hoop, basket or other device
within or abutting the edge of any public highway, roadway or street
in the Township or attach a hoop, basket or other device to a telephone
or other pole located outside the roadway so that such hoop, basket
or device extends over the roadway.
Basketball backboards and other similar structures
or objects are prohibited from being attached or affixed to any public
or private telephone, electric, light or utility pole, trees or similar
structures located within or abutting the Township's streets, roadways
and rights-of-way or being erected in any manner within or abutting
any Township or state right-of-way.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Any basketball pole, hoop, basket or other device
erected or permitted to remain erected in violation of § 176-37
of this article shall be removed by the property owner at his, her
or its own expense within 10 days after notice of violation of this
article is received by said property owner. Notice of violation shall
be served to said property owner by registered mail.
Bristol Township shall have the authority to
remove any such existing structures and to forbid their replacement.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Anyone found to have constructed or erected
or participated in the construction or erection of a basketball backboard
or similar structure or object or to be in violation of any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject
to a fine not to exceed $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in
default thereof, shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 30 days.
