[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of North Franklin 2-23-1988 by Ord. No. 1-88 (Ch. 6, Part 5, of the 1988 Code
of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the term "person" shall include any
individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, or other
legal entity. The singular shall include the plural; the plural shall
include the singular; and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
No person shall destroy, injure, tamper with or deface any public
property of the Township, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work,
building or streetlight on or in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks,
or public grounds in the Township.
No person shall in any manner interfere or meddle with, or pull,
drive, change, alter, or destroy any stake, post, monument, or other
marking made, placed or set, or hereafter made, placed or set, or
caused to be done by the authorities of the Township, to evidence
the location, elevation, line, grade, corner, or angle of any public
street, alley, sidewalk, curb, gutter, drain, or other public work,
or thing.
No person shall destroy, remove, deface, obliterate or cover
up any lamp, sign or barricade erected as a warning of danger by the
authorities of the Township or by any person doing work by permission
of the authorities of the Township on any of the streets, alleys,
sidewalks, or bridges in the Township or on any public grounds of
the Township, within or without the Township.
No person shall take any earth, stone, or other material from
any street, alley, or public grounds in the Township.
No person shall pour, drop, throw or deposit any substance or
matter on any street, alley, sidewalk or public grounds in the Township.
No person shall take, damage or tamper with any vehicles, or
any other equipment, uniforms, or other items, belonging to the Township
of North Franklin.
No person shall tamper with the Township's K-9 dogs, or
tamper with the facilities which house the animals, or intentionally
harass the K-9 dogs.
This chapter shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with 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 Township.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$300, and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every
day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
