This article shall be known and cited as the
"Township Sewage Facilities Enabling Ordinance."
[Amended 12-14-2009 by Ord. No. 122]
For any and every violation of the provisions
of this article, the owner, general agent or contractor of a building
or premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist;
the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where
such violation has been committed or shall exist; the owner, general
agent, contractor, lessee or tenant of any part of a building or premises
in which part such violation has been committed or shall exist; and
the general agent, architect, contractor or any other person who knowingly
commits, takes part or assists in any such violation, or who maintains
any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist,
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay
a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this
article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the 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.
Whenever such person or persons shall have been officially notified
by the Zoning Officer or Sewage Enforcement Officer (SEO), or by service
of a summons in a prosecution, or in any other official manner, that
he is committing a violation of the article, each day's continuance
of such violation after such notification shall constitute a separate
offense punishable by a like fine or penalty. Such fines or penalties
shall be collected as like fines or penalties are now collected by
law. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are
hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction,
to enforce compliance herewith.