DO NOT DUMP LAWN AND YARD WASTE IN THE PARKS

DO NOT DUMP LAWN AND YARD WASTE IN OUR PARKS

Our maintenance crew is working hard to keep the parks clean so that they can be enjoyed by all this summer.  However, residents have been observed dumping lawn and yard waste in the parks.

Please stop this practice immediately.

 

650.01   TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY

No person shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever, or tamper with or deface any public property of the Township of Lawrence Park, within or without the township, or any grass, walk, lamp, ornamental work, building, streetlight or water stop box on or in any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds in the Township.

650.99   PENALTY

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than thirty days  Each violation of any provision of this chapter, and each day the same is continued, shall be deemed a separate offense, and the fact that a violator has been penalized, after hearing, as herein provided, shall not preclude the Township or other injured party from taking proper legal action to recover damages resulting from such violation.