[Adopted 2-5-1974 by Ord. No. 54]
As used in this article, the word "person" shall be construed to mean any natural person, association, partnership, firm, organization or corporation. The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
A. 
The practice of throwing, depositing or dumping any paper, trash, rubbish, ashes, junk, waste, garbage or discarded material, carcasses or matter of any kind in or on any private or public property, vacant or occupied, within the Township of Perkiomen, or of maintaining any accumulations of such material in or on any public or private property, vacant or occupied, within said Township, shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a nuisance and is hereby prohibited.
B. 
The practice of storing or depositing any abandoned or junked automobiles, vehicles, machinery or discarded equipment of any kind, or parts thereof, in or on any public or private property, vacant or occupied, within the Township of Perkiomen shall be deemed to be, and shall constitute a nuisance and is hereby prohibited.
Whenever it is found that any person is maintaining a nuisance as defined in § 241-4A and B of this article, any officer or employee of the Township may serve notice thereof, requiring that the condition be made safe, corrected or removed, by certified mail, addressed to such person's last known address, or by personally delivering the same.
Should any person cause or permit the continuance of a nuisance after 20 days from the date of notice given pursuant to § 241-5 of this article, the Township may, upon resolution of the Board of Supervisors, cause the removal or abatement of the nuisance by such means as may be required. The Township shall, in such event, have the right and power to enter upon the premises causing or contributing to such nuisance to accomplish the abatement thereof.
In the event the Township shall have expended monies to abate a nuisance under the terms of this article, the Township shall recover the cost thereof, including attorneys' fees, by municipal claim proceedings under the Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207, as amended;[2] by summary proceedings under the Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, Article VII, Section 702, Clause XII, as amended;[3] or by such other remedies as may be provided by law, at the election of the Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 7101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: See now 53 P.S. § 66529.
In addition to such other remedies as are provided hereby, the Township may institute proceedings in courts of equity to enforce the provisions hereof.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).