STATUTORY REFERENCES
Violation of Township ordinances; fines and
penalties — See 53 P.S. § 66601.
Obstructing justice — See 18
Pa.C.S.A. § 5102.
Resisting arrest — See 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 5104.
Hindering apprehension or prosecution — See
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5105.
Aiding consummation of crime — See
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5107.
Compounding — See 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 5108
[Ord. 330. Passed 8-19-1996]
(a)
Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the
provisions of this General Offenses Code relating to building, housing,
property maintenance, health, fire or public safety, or relating to
water, air or noise pollution, for which no penalty is otherwise provided,
shall be liable to a civil fine of not more than $1,000. For a violation
of or noncompliance with any other provision of this General Offenses
Code, the offender shall be liable to a civil fine of not more than
$600. Unless otherwise provided, a separate offense shall be deemed
committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance
occurs or continues. The penalty provided for herein shall be in addition
to any fee, deposit, charge, surcharge, interest, insurance or bond
requirement or equitable remedy provided in this General Offenses
Code.
(b)
Every person who commits or aids or abets in the commission
of any act declared in this General Offenses Code to be an offense,
whether individually or in connection with another person, or as principal,
agent or accessory, shall be guilty of such offense. Every person
who falsely, fraudulently, forcibly or willfully induces, causes,
coerces, requires, permits or directs another to violate any provision
of this code shall likewise be guilty of such offense.
(c)
From the effective date of this chapter, all procedures
set forth in the Township Code that enforce the Township ordinances
and all penalty clauses in ordinances of the Township of Lower Gwynedd
are hereby amended to refer only to civil procedures and civil penalties
pursuant to Section 1601(c) of the Second Class Township Code[1] and may be enforced pursuant to that section. All penalty
provisions and terms in the several ordinances of the Township of
Lower Gwynedd shall be deemed to refer to civil violations rather
than criminal violations. Police officers of the Township
or the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township shall initiate civil
enforcement proceedings as required to achieve compliance with each
Township ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 66601.
