[Adopted 5-13-1974 by Ord. No. 536 (Ch. 6, Part 6, of the
1995 Code)]
No person shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever or tamper
with or deface any public property in the Borough of Zelienople, 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 Zelienople.
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 Zelienople 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, sewer, 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 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.
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 therein, or to incidental results of work done thereon
or therein, upon permit from or by authority of the Borough.
[Amended 12-11-1995 by Ord. No. 715]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days, provided that 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.
