[Adopted 12-3-1996 by Ord. No. 7-96]
This article shall be known as the "Civil Enforcement Procedure Ordinance of Washington Township" and shall govern the imposition and enforcement of fines for violations of the Washington Township ordinances set forth herein.
[Amended 7-1-1997 by Ord. No. 3-97]
The portions of the following ordinances which establish or refer to criminality or a criminal penalty are hereby repealed, and violations of each ordinance listed are deemed to be civil violations rather than criminal violations; and civil fines for such violations are established and shall be imposed as follows:
A. 
Ordinance No. 1-71,[1] being an ordinance providing for the levy, assessment and collection of a realty transfer tax. Section 10[2] shall be amended as provided in this article, and any person who violates or permits the violation of Ordinance No. 1-71 shall be subject to a fine of $100.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now Ord. No. 6-86, codified as Ch. 123, Taxation, Art. III, Realty Transfer Tax.
[2]
Editor's Note: See now Section 14 of Ord. No. 6-86, codified as § 123-33.
B. 
Ordinance No. 8-72, being an ordinance licensing and regulating the operation of boats, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
C. 
Ordinance No. 5-73, being an ordinance prohibiting the canvassing or soliciting of goods, wares and merchandise, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
D. 
Ordinance No. 1-78 (see now Chapter 123, Article I), being an ordinance imposing a tax for general revenue purposes on occupations. Section 12 (see now § 123-12) is amended as provided in this article, and any person who violates or permits the violation of Ordinance No. 1-78 shall be subject to a fine of $300.
E. 
Ordinance No. 4-95 (see now Chapter 105, Article IV), being an ordinance establishing sewer connection, inspection fees and sewer rent or charges. Ordinance No. 4-95 shall be amended by adding an additional section as follows:
§ 105-41. Illegal connections.
A person may not make a connection to the sewer system without a valid permit issued by the township. Any person who violates or permits the violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $1,000.
The Washington Township Council shall from time to time, by motion or resolution, nominate or appoint enforcement officers for each of the ordinances referred to above who are authorized and directed to impose fines and institute civil enforcement proceedings as required to achieve compliance with said ordinances.
The enforcement officer shall determine in each instance whether a violation has occurred under each of the above-referenced ordinances. Upon determining that a violation has occurred, the enforcement officer shall impose a civil fine upon the violator in the amount set forth above.
Upon the determination by the enforcement officer that a violation has occurred, the enforcement officer or, upon the request of the enforcement officer, the Township Solicitor shall forward to the violator a civil citation or other notice, in the form prepared by the Township Solicitor, notifying the violator of the violation and giving the violator an opportunity to pay the fine without the necessity of a civil enforcement proceeding and without the payment of court costs, including attorney fees.
In cases where fines are not paid in accordance with the civil citation or other notice of the violation by Washington Township, the enforcement officer shall commence a civil enforcement proceeding before the District Justice to collect the fines plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred by Washington Township. If the violator neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment for a violation of the above-referenced ordinances, Washington Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure.
Each day that a violation of an ordinance set forth in § 1-17 continues shall constitute a separate violation of the ordinance.