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Borough of Quakertown, PA
Bucks County
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[Ord. 856, 2/7/1979, § 8-1021]
No person shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough or of any authority created by the Borough, within or without the Borough, or any grass, shrub, tree, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight, fire hydrant or gas or water stop box on or in any street, sidewalk or public grounds in the Borough; provided that "defacement" shall include but shall not be limited to the making of graffiti or other markings upon any of the property herein referred to or upon the surface of any street, alley, sidewalk or curb in the Borough.
[Ord. 856, 2/7/1979, § 8-1022]
No person 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 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.
[Ord. 856, 2/7/1979, § 8-1023]
No person shall willfully or maliciously destroy, remove, deface, obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign or barricade erected by the authorities of the Borough or by any person doing work by permission of the authorities of the Borough on any street, alley, sidewalk or bridge in the Borough or on any public ground of the Borough, within or without the Borough, as a warning of danger.
[Ord. 856, 2/7/1979, § 8-1024]
No person shall take any earth, stone or other material from any street, alley or public ground in the Borough.
[Ord. 856, 2/7/1979, § 8-1025]
This Part 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.
[Ord. 856, 2/7/1979; as added by Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.