Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer determines that there
are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation
of any provision of this chapter or of the other applicable codes
and ordinances or of any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
he shall proceed as follows:
A.
Serve notice, in writing, of the alleged violation, which shall be
signed by the Code Enforcement Officer or his authorized representative.
Said notice shall be served personally to the responsible owner, occupant,
operator or other person in charge; or served by registered mail with
a return receipt requested or, as a permissible substitute for such
registered mail, served by certified mail, return receipt requested;
or where such responsible person in charge cannot be found, service
may be made by posting a notice in or about the structure or premises
or by publishing such notice in a newspaper of general circulation
for a period of three consecutive days; or served by any other method
authorized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Amended 10-11-1982 by Ord. No. 835, approved 10-11-1982]
B.
Said notice shall include a statement of the reasons why the notice
is being issued, the sections of the code and/or ordinances which
have been violated and the remedial actions required.
C.
Said notice shall allow a reasonable time, not to exceed 120 days,
for the initiation and correction of the violation alleged or of the
remedial actions required, except where emergency conditions exist
which require immediate corrective action.
D.
Said notice shall contain a statement indicating that the notice
will become an order if no request and approval for an extension of
time is made to the Code Enforcement Officer or if no petition for
an appeal or hearing is requested before the Code Hearing Board within
10 days from the receipt of said notice.
E.
The Code Enforcement Officer may grant a request for a reasonable
extension of time where he has evidence to believe that the responsible
person is attempting to remove the alleged violation. However, no
such extension of time may exceed a period of 90 days unless authorized
by the Code Hearing Board upon appeal of the responsible owner, operator,
occupant or other person in charge.
A.
Any person who fails to correct a violation or institute a remedial
action as ordered by the Code Enforcement Officer or who violates
a provision or fails to comply with any requirements of this chapter
or of any of the other applicable codes or ordinances shall be subject,
for each violation, to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000
and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days; and each
day's failure to comply with any such provision or requirement
or any such order shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 7-11-1988 by Ord. No. 972, approved 7-11-1988]
B.
The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude
the Solicitor representing the municipality from initiating, and he
is hereby ordered to initiate appropriate actions or proceedings at
law or in equity to effect the purposes of this chapter.
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Editor's Note: Former § 127-15, Dangerous or
unsafe structures, dwellings unfit for human habitation, as amended,
was repealed 11-1-2016 by Ord. No. 1330, approved 11-1-2016.
