[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Robinson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 11-13-2000 by Ord. No. 3-2000]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context:
The person violating any ordinance of Robinson Township and/or
any laws of Robinson Township and/or any laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, and/or those laws, rules, and regulations designated
as the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Pa.C.S.A. Title 18, and Title 35,
Chapter 6, and Title 75 Pa.C.S.A., Motor Vehicle Code, in their entirety.
Any communication to the Township, its police department,
or county 911 dispatch center or any other entity indicating the possibility
or existence of a crime or other emergency situation warranting immediate
action by the police.
Any person, corporation, tenant, resident, business organization,
nonprofit organization, charitable institution, and/or agent, servant,
principal or employee thereof who makes a request for response.
Any request for response which causes the police department
providing services to Robinson Township to utilize its communication
systems, motor vehicles and/or personnel to arrive at or participate
at any place designated or specified by the requestor.
A.Â
Any requestor who makes a request for response which causes a response
wherein the subject incident subsequently results in the withdrawing
of the charges and/or the dismissal of the charges initiated as a
result of the response, based on the requestor refusing to participate,
advising that the requestor does not wish to participate further,
and/or the requestor agreeing to the dismissal of the charges or the
like, or any requestor who unreasonably makes multiple requests for
response shall be obligated and responsible for making payment in
regards to the designated charges as set forth herein. The designated
charges shall include but not be limited to costs and/or expenses
incurred by the Township pertaining to the police personnel responding
to the initial call or calls, attendance at Magisterial District Judge
hearings, the filing of charges, attendance at trials, hearings and
the like, as well as man hours or time spent in regards to investigations,
preparation and filing of reports, and the like. This article shall
not apply to costs or expenses incurred as a result of municipal police
responding to a motor vehicle accident.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.Â
Any actor or perpetrator against whom it has been determined has
violated the ordinances of Robinson Township or the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, said determination being made by the Court of Common
Pleas of Allegheny or Washington County, including the minor judiciary
of said counties known as Magisterial District Judges and/or by judge
or jury, after trial or hearing, the agreement by the actor to a guilty
plea, ARD agreement, plea, probation or determination without verdict,
of a plea of nolo contendere or no contest in said courts and/or the
determination or agreement of an actor, including a plea or plea agreement
with said courts without verdict and/or any adjudication, determination,
or agreement regarding a juvenile under the Pennsylvania Juvenile
Laws,[1] shall be charged with the cost of the response as set forth in § 215-3 of this article, and as referred to in Subsection A, above.
[Amended 5-13-2002 by Ord. No. 1-2002]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6301 et seq.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any responses or determinations as set forth in § 215-2 of this article shall require the requestor or actor to pay to Robinson Township a fee set forth and adjusted from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, and any incidental costs, fees or expenses relating to a response.
The police department that serves the Township and/or the Township Secretary shall provide billings to those individuals creating the requirement of a police response and/or police action pursuant to the schedule of charges set forth in § 215-3 of this article. Said billings shall be issued within 60 days of the conclusion of the police involvement. Thereafter, payment shall be made to the Township for the aforesaid billings within 30 days of the date of the billing. Failure to pay the aforesaid billings shall subject the requestor to a municipal lien for the amount thereof and/or a judgment for the amount therein as established pursuant to a civil action brought within a court or forum of appropriate jurisdiction. The amount of said billings shall include the hourly rate indicated thereon plus any incidental costs, fees, or expenses. In addition, the Township, through the Police Department, may request any court having competent jurisdiction over a requestor or actor, to make restitution to the Township consistent with this article. Additionally, interest on the unpaid balance of any invoice of any fees and/or expenses shall carry an interest rate of 9% per annum on the unpaid balance. In addition, the Township may assess attorney's fees, costs and expenses associated with the collection of any fees or expenses authorized by this article.
If any section, clause or part of this article is, for any reason,
found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality,
illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining
provisions, sentences, clauses, sections or parts of this article.
It is hereby declared as the intent of the Board of Supervisors that
this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal
or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been included
therein.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
The provisions of this article shall become effective within
10 days of its adoption.
