Amendments to this chapter shall become effective only in the manner prescribed by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
The decision of the Board of Supervisors with respect to the approval or disapproval of subdivision or land development plans may be appealed, as is provided in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
A. 
Preventive remedies.
(1) 
In addition to other remedies, the Township may institute and maintain appropriate actions by law or in equity to restrain, correct or abate violations, to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure or premises. 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.
(2) 
The Township may 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 chapter. This authority to deny such a permit or approval shall apply to any of the following applicants:
(a) 
The owner of record at the time of such violations.
(b) 
The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee has actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(c) 
The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such current owner has actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(d) 
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 has actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(3) 
As an actual condition for 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 property.
B. 
Enforcement remedies.
(1) 
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated the provisions or this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor 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 be 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 judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the District Justice determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the chapter to have believed that there was no 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 by the District Justice and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
(2) 
The Court of Common Pleas, upon petition, may grant an order of stay, upon cause shown, tolling the per diem judgment pending a final adjudication of the violation and judgment.
(3) 
Nothing containing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than the Township the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.
C. 
Suits in equity and liquidated damages. The Township may institute proceedings in any Court of Equity having jurisdiction to enjoin or abate the violation of this chapter. In such a suit the Township may request damages which shall be in the liquidated amount of $1,500. A person who obtains any approvals pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to have assented to liquidated damages in the amount of $1,500.
Whenever there is a conflict between minimum standards or requirements set forth in this chapter and those contained in other Township ordinances and regulations, the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, or other applicable laws and regulations, the most stringent standard or requirement shall apply.
A. 
The Township Board of Supervisors shall establish, by resolution, a collection procedure and schedule of fees to be paid by the developer at the time of filing of the sketch, preliminary and final plans, and for agreements and recording fees, and for inspection of improvements.
B. 
No final plan shall be approved or recorded unless all fees and charges are paid in full.
C. 
Charges for field inspection as required by the Township Engineer for public improvements shall be based on actual costs incurred for such inspections.