[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
North Wales: Art. I, 6-20-1973 as Ord. No. 462; Art. II, 6-20-1973 by Ord. No.
459. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-20-1973 as Ord. No. 462]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever
or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough of North
Wales or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight,
fire hydrant or water or gas stop box on or in any street, alley,
sidewalk or public ground in the Borough of North Wales.
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 North Wales 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 location, elevation, line, grade, corner
or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb, gutter, drain
or other public work, matter or thing.
No person or persons shall willfully 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 street, alley, sidewalk, bridge or public ground
in the borough as a warning of danger.
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material
from any street, alley or public ground in the Borough of North Wales.
This Article shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with the construction, maintenance and repair of streets, alleys,
sidewalks and public grounds and the structures and fixtures located
thereon or to incidental results of work done thereon or therein upon
permit from or by authority of the borough.
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 borough or other injured party from taking proper
legal action to recover damages resulting from such violation.
Disorderly conduct is hereby prohibited within the Borough of
North Wales. Any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made
any loud, boisterous and unseemly noise or disturbance to the annoyance
of the peaceable residents nearby or near to any public street or
alley or public ground within the borough whereby the public peace
is broken or disturbed or the traveling public is annoyed shall be
guilty of disorderly conduct.
Disturbance of the peace is hereby prohibited within the Borough
of North Wales. Any person who shall be guilty of any willful act
causing or tending to cause a disturbance of peace and good order
of the borough or causing or tending to cause any danger, discomfort
or annoyance to inhabitants of the borough or to users of any of the
public streets or alleys in the borough; or who shall fight or quarrel
or incite others to fight or quarrel; or who shall publicly make use
of obscene or indecent language; or who shall congregate upon any
public street or alley or public ground in the borough, to the annoyance
of the peaceable residents nearby or traveling upon any street or
alley or being lawfully upon any public ground in the borough whereby
the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public is
annoyed, shall be guilty of disturbance of the peace.
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 thereof,
to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
