[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Allen as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Moving permits — See Ch. 149.
Rental occupancy reports — See Ch. 180.
Taxation — See Ch. 220.
[Adopted 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-7]
It shall be unlawful for each person in whose name a mobile home or house trailer is assessed, rated or valued as provided by the General County Assessment Law, 72 P.S. § 5020-407, and the Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law, 72 P.S. § 5453.617a, to remove a mobile home or house trailer from the taxing district without first having obtained a removal permit from the Township Tax Collector.
Mobile home park owner(s) or operator(s) are exempt from the permit requirements of this article.
The Township Tax Collector shall issue a removal permit upon application therefor whenever a fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and all taxes levied and assessed on the mobile home or house trailer to be moved are paid. The permit shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.[1] The Tax Collector shall remit the said fees collected hereunder to the Township monthly.
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Editor’s Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Township offices.
Any person who moves a mobile home or house trailer from the territorial limits of the Township taxing district without first having obtained a removal permit issued under this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a District Justice, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation by the District Justice. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith..