As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNK Includes scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead or scrap zinc, and other scrap metals and their alloys, bones, rags, used cloth, used rubber, used rope, used tin foil, used bottles, old or used machinery, used tools, used appliances, used fixtures, used utensils; used lumber; used boxes or crates, used pipe and pipe fittings, used tires and other manufactured goods that are so worn or deteriorated or obsolete so as to make them unusable in their existing condition.
PERSON Any individual, corporation, partnership, association or business.
The Code Enforcement Officer and/or Health Inspector shall serve all notices and orders concerning the abatement of nuisances upon the property owners or agents. In the case of failure to find the property owner or agent after diligent search, the Code Enforcement Officer and/or Health Inspector shall leave such notice or order on the premises prominently displayed.
The Code Enforcement Officer and/or Health Inspector may reexamine the property which is the subject matter of the order of abatement after the expiration of time for compliance and if there are no appeals pending or there exists a situation which creates an emergency requiring immediate correction to protect the health, welfare and safety of the residents of the Borough of Moosic, the Code Enforcement Officer and/or Health Inspector then may then abate such nuisance by authorizing the nuisance to be corrected or removed in accordance with the Borough Code, and all costs and expenses of abatement, together with a surcharge of 20%, shall be collected either by filing of a lien against the properties which are the subject matter of the abatement or by action in assumpsit or otherwise in accordance with proper procedures as provided by law.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be, upon conviction thereof, sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.