[Adopted 11-16-2009 by Ord. No. 224]
Whenever, in this Code or any ordinance of the Township, any
act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense,
or whenever in this Code or in any ordinance the doing of any act
is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful,
where no specific penalty is otherwise provided in the Code, ordinance
or applicable statute, the violator of any such provision or ordinance
shall be subject to the following:
A.
For violation
of ordinances regulating building, housing, property maintenance,
health, fire, public safety, parking, solicitation, curfew or water,
air or noise pollution: upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure, said violator shall 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
the ordinance that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
The minimum fine to be imposed is $50 per day or portion thereof for
a first offense; $100 per day or portion thereof for a second offense
and $500 per day or portion thereof for each subsequent offense. The
Magisterial District Judge may impose a fine of more than the minimum
amounts set forth above.
B.
For violation
of all other Township ordinances: Upon being found liable therefor
in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before
a Magisterial District Judge, said violator shall pay a fine of not
more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the Township in the enforcement of the ordinance.
No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of
the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. The
minimum fine to be imposed is $50 per day or portion thereof for a
first violation; $100 per day or portion thereof for a second violation
and $500 per day or portion thereof for each subsequent violation.
The Magisterial District Judge may impose a fine of more than the
minimums amounts set forth above. Further, the appropriate officers
or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable
relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.
