[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Upper Burrell 9-7-1982 by Ord. No. 2-1982. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall do any of the following acts within the Township
parks or playgrounds:
A.
Operate a motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, motorcycles,
automobiles, and trucks, other than on a maintained cartway;
B.
Littering of any type;
C.
Use of firearms; and
D.
Setting or making of fires for any purpose whatsoever in any Township
park or a playground within the exception of fires created in designated
fireplaces or in self-contained barbecuing devices.
A.
All parks and playgrounds owned by the Township shall open at dawn
and close at dark, and all persons using such parks and/or playgrounds
shall vacate the same at that time.
B.
The Supervisors may grant special permission to groups or organizations
upon the proper application therefor made to the Township Secretary
to use the parks and/or playgrounds after the established closing
time, within the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
