[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Springfield as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-8-1976 by Ord. No. 658]
[Amended 1-14-1987 by Ord. No. 747]
It shall be unlawful for owners of property
in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, to sell or agree to sell
property without first delivering to the purchaser a certification
of the zoning district classification and without first delivering
a certification disclosing any notice of an uncorrected violation
of any housing, building, safety or fire ordinance or any other regulatory
ordinances or state statutes and requiring such owners to insert in
any agreement of sale of such property a statement concerning zoning
classification, legality of the use of such property and, in addition
thereto, a statement concerning uncorrected violations of housing,
building, safety or fire ordinances or any other regulatory ordinances
or state statutes.
A.Â
The proper officers of the township are hereby authorized
to issue such certificates when requested by the seller of property
in the township. Such certificate shall be rendered within 15 days
following application.
B.Â
A certification fee of $60 per certificate for residential
properties and $120 per certificate for nonresidential properties
shall be charged for indicating the zoning classification of the subject
property and rendering notice of any uncorrected violation to a housing,
building, safety or fire ordinance.
[Added 1-9-1980 by Ord. No. 692; amended 7-11-1984 by Ord. No.
725; 3-14-1990 by Ord. No. 776; 5-13-1998 by Ord. No. 830; 5-11-2011 by Ord. No. 910]
[Amended 7-13-1988 by Ord. No. 756]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution.
