[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of North Versailles as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-17-1975 by Ord. No. 710 (Ch. 9, Part 2, of the
1987 Code of Ordinances)]
Underground mining, as it is commonly defined, namely, the mining,
removal or recovery of coal by way of shaft or tunnel entry, or mining
for the digging and removal of coal from coal beds or coal seams in
their natural or previously mined condition, is hereby prohibited
within the Township of North Versailles because, in the judgment of
the Board of Commissioners of the Township of North Versailles, such
mining operation or operations endanger or may endanger the health,
safety, property values, tax bases, progress, planning, development,
and general welfare of the Township of North Versailles, both as to
its residents and their properties, as well as property of nonresident
owners, or users of any property, including public properties of the
Township of North Versailles, East Allegheny School District, and
the various water, school, and sanitary sewer authorities, and other
public bodies and utilities.
Any person, partnership, association, or corporation, whether
owner, lessee, or other, who engages in underground mining of coal
or who is or becomes the owner of coal recovered as a result of such
mining within the Township of North Versailles in violation of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction before any Magisterial
District Judge having jurisdiction in the matter, forfeit and pay
to the Township of North Versailles the sum of $1,000 for each day
the violation is committed, and the further sum of $1,000 for each
additional day the violation is permitted to continue.
