[Ord. 202, 8/10/1983]
It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Department and
the Police Department to enforce the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 202, 8/10/1983; as amended by Ord. 285, 2/22/1989; Ord. 561, 4/25/2012; and by Ord. 572, 9/17/2014]
1.
In the event of a violation of this Part, any police officer of the
Township of Northampton may present to the owner, tenant or occupant
a notice indicating the nature of the offense and bearing the statement
that no prosecution shall be instituted for 48 hours hereafter if,
during said forty-eight-hour period, the offender shall voluntarily
appear at the office of the Police Department of the Township of Northampton,
50 Township Road, Richboro, Pennsylvania 18954, and voluntarily enter
a plea of guilty and pay a penalty of $25 for the first offense, $50
for the second offense, and $75 for the third offense to the Township.
In the event such persons fail to comply with such notice, the offense
will thereafter be prosecuted and the penalty collected in a manner
prescribed by existing laws.
2.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
