[Amended 4-20-2016 by Ord. No. 408]
A.
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated
or permitted the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus
all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by
the Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be
imposed, levied or be payable until the date of the determination
of a 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 that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation,
unless the Magisterial District Judge, determining that there has
been a violation, further determines that there was a good-faith basis
for the person, partnership or corporation violating this chapter
to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event
there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the
fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by
the Magisterial District Judge, and thereafter, each day that a violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees collected for the violation of this
chapter shall be paid over to the Township.
B.
The Court of Common Pleas, upon petition, may grant an order of stay,
upon cause shown, tolling the per diem fine, pending a final adjudication
of the violation and judgment.
C.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted
to grant to any person or entity, other than the Township, the right
to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.
