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Editor's Note: This article (originally Part 22 of Ch. 27 of the 1995 Code) was renumbered 12-3-2007 by Ord. No. 276 as Part 31.
Failure to secure a permit or Zoning Hearing Board certificate, when required, previous to the erection, construction, extension or addition to a building or failure to secure a use registration permit shall be a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by Ord. No. 127-R]
If it appears to the Township that a violation of any provision of this chapter has occurred, the Township shall initiate enforcement proceedings by sending an enforcement notice as provided below:
A. 
The enforcement notice shall be sent to the owner of record of the parcel on which the violation has occurred, to any person who has filed a written request to receive enforcement notices regarding that parcel, and to any other person requested in writing by the owner of record.
B. 
An enforcement notice shall state at least the following:
(1) 
The name of the owner of record and any other person against whom the Township intends to take action.
(2) 
The location of the property in violation.
(3) 
The specific violation with a description of the requirements which have not been met, citing in each instance the applicable provisions of this chapter.
(4) 
The date before which steps for compliance must be commenced and a date before which steps must be completed.
(5) 
The recipient of the notice has a right to appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board within a prescribed period of time in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter.
(6) 
Failure to comply with the notice within the time specified, unless extended by appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board, constitutes a violation with possible sanctions clearly described.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by Ord. No. 127-R]
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of 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 the reasonable attorney's 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 Magisterial District Judge. 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 Magisterial District Judge determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating this 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 the determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge, and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgment costs and reasonable attorney's fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid over to the Township whose ordinance has been violated.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by Ord. No. 127-R]
The Magisterial District Judge shall have initial jurisdiction over proceedings brought under § 250-236
The charges for permits, application for special exceptions, application for variance, Zoning Hearing Board certificates, etc., shall be fixed in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Board of Township Commissioners upon the enactment of this chapter or as such schedule may be amended by resolution of the Board of Township Commissioners.