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(1) Any stand erected for the purpose of reviewing any parade, procession, or festivity of any kind must be erected in conformity with the conditions and regulations issued by the Department of Licenses and Inspections.
(2) The Department of Licenses and Inspections shall order any stand built in violation of the conditions and regulations issued by the Department of Licenses and Inspections to be dismantled or removed immediately or may perform such dismantling and removal itself or by contract, the cost to be charged against the person causing such stands to be erected. The Law Department may take such action for the collection of such costs by lien or otherwise as may be authorized by law.
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(1) Fire hydrants shall be used only by:
(a) Authorized City employees; or
(b) Persons who have obtained a permit from the Department of Licenses and Inspections or other department designated by the Water Department.
(2) Fire hydrants shall be operated only by use of fire hydrant wrenches of a type approved by the Water Department.
(3) Emergency Water Shortage. The Water Commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing the use of water during a drought or other emergency necessitating the conservation of water. No person, with or without permit, shall use water for purposes or in any manner prohibited by such regulations during such times as the Water Commissioner declares such regulations to be in effect in order to conserve water in a drought or for other emergency purposes.
(4) Prohibited Conduct.
(a) No person other than those referred to in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) shall use or possess in any street or public place a fire hydrant wrench.
(b) No person shall sell or offer to sell any fire hydrant wrench unless the purchaser, other than a City agency, produces a permit to use a fire hydrant.
(5) Enforcement. 248 For the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Section, notice of violation shall be issued by police officers or any other person authorized to enforce ordinances.
(a) Whenever a police officer or any other official authorized to enforce ordinances observes a violation of the provisions of this Section, he shall hand to the violator a printed notice of violation. Such notice shall bear the date, time and nature of violation, license number of any vehicle or vehicles involved in the violation, identity and address of the violator, the amount to be remitted in response to the notice of violation, the penalty which can be imposed by the court for violation, and shall be signed by the person issuing the violation and shall bear the police officer's badge number or other official identification number identifying the person issuing the violation notice.
(b) Any person who receives a notice of violation, may within ten (10) days, pay the amount of ten dollars ($10), admit the violation and waive appearance before a Municipal Court Judge. The notice of violation shall contain an appropriate statement for signature by the violator for the purpose of admitting the violation and waiving a hearing, and shall be returned by the violator when he remits the stipulated payment.
(c) If a person who receives a notice of violation fails to pay the prescribed payment within ten (10) days of the issuance of the notice of violation, a code enforcement complaint shall be issued for such violation in such manner as provided by law. If the person named in the code enforcement complaint is found to have violated this Section or fails to appear on the date set for hearing, he shall be subject to the imposition of fines in the amount set forth in subsection 10-809(6), plus court costs.
(a) The penalty for violation of any provision of this Section shall be a fine of twenty dollars ($20) for the first offense, fifty dollars ($50) for the second offense, and three hundred dollars ($300) for each subsequent offense. If a wrench or other device has been used in violation of this Section and has not previously been surrendered, the violator shall be ordered to surrender the wrench or other device to the Water Department.
(b) Any fine or costs imposed by the court shall be entered as a judgment against the violator.
(c) Any fine imposed by the court shall be paid within ten (10) days of its imposition. If the wrench is not surrendered and any court fine or costs are not paid within such period, the violator shall be subject to proceedings for contempt of court and/or collection of the fine as provided by law.
(d) In addition to the foregoing penalties, any police officer shall be duly authorized to seize and deliver into the custody of the Water Department any wrench used in violation of this Section.
(e) The imposition of the penalties authorized by this Section is in addition to any remedy the City may have for loss or damage caused as a result of violation of this Section.
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| 247 | Repealed and new Section added, 1975 Ordinances, p. 992; amended, 1989 Ordinances, p. 1188. |
| 248 | Added, Bill No. 15 (approved February 28, 1955). |
| 249 | Amended and new subsections added, 1985 Ordinances, p. 87. |
(1) Discharging Firearms. 250 No person shall fire or discharge recklessly and without reasonable cause any rifle, gun, pistol, or other firearm.
(a) No one shall sell or offer for sale water pistols, electric canes, miniature cannon, or similar articles. 252
(b) No one shall use water pistols, electric canes, miniature cannon or similar articles in any street or public place.
(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale at retail, or use, or possess with intent to use, any air gun, spring gun, or any implement not a firearm which forcefully impels a pellet of any kind.
(b) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, at retail, any bow and arrow, to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years unless the seller first obtains written evidence of parental consent to the proposed purchase by the minor. 254
(a) No person shall sell or offer to sell, possess or use or attempt to use or give away, any toy or imitation firearm which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm unless:
(.1) The entire exterior surface of such toy or imitation firearm is colored white, bright red, bright orange, bright yellow, bright blue, bright pink or bright purple, either singly or as the predominant color in combination with other colors in any pattern; or
(.2) Such toy or imitation firearm is constructed entirely of transparent or translucent materials which permits unmistakable observation of the imitation or toy firearm's complete contents; and
(.a) The barrel of such toy or imitation firearm, other than the barrel of any such toy or imitation firearm that is a water gun, is closed with a blaze orange plug, permanently affixed, of the same material of which the toy or imitation firearm is made, for a distance of not less than one-half inch from the front end of said barrel; and
(.b) Such toy or imitation firearm has legibly stamped thereon, the name of the manufacturer or some trade name, mark or brand by which the manufacturer can be readily identified; and
(b) The provisions of subsection 10-810(8)(a) shall not apply to:
(.1) The possession or display of toy or imitation firearms by a manufacturer or dealer solely for purposes of sales that are accompanied by delivery to a point outside of the City;
(.2) Any toy or imitation firearm that will be used only for or in the production of television programs or theatrical or motion picture presentations, provided, however, that such use of any toy or imitation firearm complies with all applicable laws, rules or regulations concerning request and receipt of waivers authorizing such use;
(.3) Non-firing collector replica antique firearms, which look authentic and may be scale models, but are not intended as toys and are modeled on real firearms, designed, manufactured and produced prior to 1898;
(.4) Decorative, ornamental, and miniature objects having the appearance, shape or configuration of a firearm, including those intended to be displayed on a desk or worn as jewelry or on key chains, provided that the object measures no more than thirty-eight (38) millimeters in height or eighty (80) millimeters in length.
(5) Switchblade Knives. 257 No person shall sell, offer for sale or carry any knife with a blade which is released by a spring mechanism including knives known as "switchblades".
(6) Incendiary Paper. 258 No person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, carry or store any incendiary paper that has been chemically treated to vanish at the touch of a flame, including paper known as "flash paper".
(a) Whoever violates any provision of this Section or Section 10-821 shall, in addition to other penalties provided, forfeit the weapon, contraband, or dangerous device giving rise to the violation of such Section.
(b) In addition to any other penalties, any person who sells or offers for sale at retail to a minor, any air gun, spring gun, or any implement, not a firearm, which forcefully impels a pellet of any kind, in violation of subsection 10-810(3)(a), shall have committed a Class III offense and shall be subject to the fines set forth in subsection 1-109(3), and upon referral from the Police Department, the Department of Licenses and Inspections, after providing notice and an opportunity to be heard, may suspend the commercial activity license of such person for no less than six months and no more than one year.
(8) Confiscation. 260 Police officers shall seize and deliver into departmental custody any air gun, air pistol, spring gun, switch blade knife, incendiary paper, contraband weapons, toy or imitation firearm in violation of subsection 10-810(4), accessories and/or ammunition or other implement which shall be used, discharged, possessed, offered for sale or carried in violation of Section 10-810 or Section 10-821.
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| 250 | Source: 1864 Ordinances, p. 357, §§ 36 and 37; 1921 Ordinances, p. 167. Bill No. 140904 (approved February 18, 2015) provides that this subsection (1) shall not be effective until the enactment of authorizing legislation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. |
| 251 | Source: 1949 Ordinances, p. 813. |
| 252 | Amended, 1956 Ordinances, p. 676. |
| 253 | Source: 1950 Ordinances, p. 129. |
| 254 | Amended, 1960 Ordinances, p. 260. |
| 255 | Added, Bill No. 140718-A (approved November 14, 2014). |
| 256 | Enrolled bill read "...toy or imitation or firearm...." |
| 257 | |
| 258 | Amended, 1956 Ordinances, p. 668; renumbered, Bill No. 140718-A (approved November 14, 2014). |
| 259 | |
| 260 | Amended, 1956 Ordinances, p. 668; amended, 1993 Ordinances, p. 781; renumbered and amended, Bill No. 140718-A (approved November 14, 2014). |
(1) Unless otherwise provided, the penalty for violation of any Section of this Chapter is a fine of no less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days or both.
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| 261 | Amended, 1956 Ordinances, p. 676; amended, 1990 Ordinances, p. 715. |
(1) No person shall remove a grocery or shopping cart from any store, shop, market or super market and leave or abandon such cart on any sidewalk, street, public parking lot or other property, public or private, not owned or controlled by the owner of such cart.
(2) The provisions of Section 10-811, relating to penalties, shall be applicable to violations of this Section.
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| 262 | Amended, 1960 Ordinances, p. 159. |
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