[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Hempfield 9-10-1979 as Ord. No. 79-13.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Hempfield Township Condominium Registration
Ordinance."
A.Â
CODE OF REGULATIONS
DECLARATION PLAN
UNIT
The following words or phrases, as used herein, shall
have the meanings indicated:
Such governing regulations as are adopted pursuant to the Pennsylvania
Unit Property Act, the Act of July 3, 1963, P.L. 196, Art. I, Section 101
et seq. (68 P.S. § 700.101 et seq.) for the regulation and management
of property units, including such amendments thereto as may be adopted from
time to time.
A survey bearing the seal of a registered architect or licensed professional
engineer certifying that the declaration plan fully and accurately shows the
property, the location of the building thereon, the building and the layout
of the floors of the building, including the units and the common elements,
and sets forth the name by which the property will be known and the unit designation
for each unit therein.
A part of the property designed or intended for any type of independent
use, which has a direct exit to a public street or way or to a common element
or common elements leading to a public street or way, and includes the proportionate
undivided interest in the common elements, which is assigned thereto in the
declarations or any amendments thereof.
B.Â
All other terms herein which are not specifically defined
shall be given their usual and customary meaning except if defined in another
manner by the Pennsylvania Unit Property Act.
Every person, firm, partnership, corporation and other legal entity
that is required to record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds a code of
regulations, and any amendments thereto, and/or a declaration plan, and any
amendments thereto, must, within 30 days after the recording of the same,
file a true and correct copy of the same with the Ordinance Office of Hempfield
Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. A fee of $10 shall be charged
for such filing.
[Amended 6-12-1989 by Ord. No. 89-13; 4-8-1996
by Ord. No. 96-4]
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who or which shall violate
the provisions of this chapter shall, when found by the District Justice to
have violated this chapter, be subject to a civil fine not to exceed $600,
plus all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by Hempfield
Township in the enforcement of this chapter in a civil enforcement proceeding.
Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township of Hempfield are
hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce
with this chapter.