The provisions of these regulations are intended as a minimum standard for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. If the literal compliance with any mandatory provision of these regulations is shown by the applicant, to the satisfaction of the majority of the members of the Board present at a public meeting, to be unreasonable and to cause undue hardship as it applies to the particular property, the Board may grant a waiver from such mandatory provision so that substantial justice may be done and the public interest secured while permitting the reasonable utilization of the property. However, the granting of a waiver shall not have the effect of making null and void the intent and purpose of this ordinance.
All requests for waivers shall be made in accordance with the following procedure:
A. 
All requests for a waiver shall be made in writing and shall be made prior to submission of an application for development, or shall accompany and be a part of the application for development. The request shall state in full the grounds and facts of the unreasonableness or hardship on which the request is based, the section or sections of this ordinance which are requested to be waived, and the minimum modification necessary. The request shall be accompanied by a plan prepared at least to the minimum standards of a sketch plan (See Article IV).
B. 
Should a revision to a submitted plan require a waiver which was not apparent at the time of the initial plan submission, the request for a waiver shall be submitted in accordance with Subsection A above at the time of submission of the revised plans.
C. 
Requests for waivers shall be considered by the Board of Supervisors at a public meeting which is at least seven days after the submission of the waiver request.
At a public meeting, the Board shall review the request to determine if the literal compliance with any mandatory provision of this ordinance is demonstrated by the applicant to exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question, provided that such modification will not be contrary to the public interest and that the purpose and intent of this ordinance is observed. The applicant shall demonstrate that an alternative proposal will allow for equal or better results and represents the minimum modification necessary. If the Board determines that the applicant has met his burden, it may grant a waiver from the literal compliance with the terms of this ordinance. In granting waivers, the Board may impose such conditions as will, in its judgment, secure the objectives and purposes of this ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the Zoning Officer and/or other such duly authorized representative of the Township, and they are hereby given the power and authority, to enforce the provisions of this ordinance. The Zoning Officer shall require that the application for a zoning permit contain all information necessary to enable him to ascertain whether the proposed building, alteration, or use is located in an approved subdivision or land development. No zoning permit shall be issued until the Zoning Officer has determined that the site for the proposed building, alteration, or use complies with all the provisions of this ordinance and conforms to the site description as indicated on the approved and recorded final plan. The Board of Supervisors and the Township Manager shall at all times have the authority to take all action authorized by the Municipalities Planning Code to enforce this ordinance.
A. 
Any person, partnership or corporation or the members of such partnership or the officers of such corporation who or which being the owner or agent of the owner of any lot, tract or parcel or land shall lay out, construct, open and/or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main or other improvement for public use, travel or other purposes or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon; or who sells, transfers or agrees or enters into an agreement to sell any land in a subdivision or land development, whether by reference to or by use of a plan of such subdivision or land development or otherwise; or who erects any building thereon, unless and until a final plan has been prepared in full compliance with the provisions of this ordinance and has been recorded as provided herein; or who, in any other way, is in violation of or violates any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the District Justice. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgement pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership, or corporation violating the Ordinance to have believed that there was not such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of determination of a violation of the District Justice, and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
B. 
In addition to the penalties set forth above, the Township may institute and maintain appropriate actions at law or in equity to restrain, correct or abate violations of this ordinance, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages and/or to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure or premises.
C. 
The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.
D. 
The Township may further refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to further improve or develop any real property which has been developed or which has resulted from a subdivision of real property in violation of this ordinance. The authority to deny such permit or approval shall apply to any of the following applicants:
1. 
The owner of record at the time of such violation.
2. 
The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such violation without regard to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
3. 
The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of the violation without regard as to whether such current owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
4. 
The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual constructive knowledge of the violation.
E. 
As an additional condition for the issuance of a permit or the granting of an approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee or lessee for the development of any such real property, the Township may require compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time the applicant acquired an interest in such real estate.