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Borough of Phoenixville, PA
Chester County
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[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 1]
The word "person" as used in this Part shall mean any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 2; as amended by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994, § 3]
The Code Enforcement Department shall be in charge of the enforcement of this Part.
[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 4; as amended by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994, § 3]
No person shall maintain or permit to be maintained on any property owned or occupied by him within the Borough any condition productive of a nuisance detrimental to the public health, and upon receipt of a notice from the Code Enforcement Department that such a condition exists on a property owned or occupied by him, it shall be his duty to abate the nuisance created thereby, within the time limit specified in said notice.
[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 6; as amended by Ord. 4/5/1960B, § 2; by Ord. 942, 9/17/1963, § 1; by Ord. 1245, 8/10/1976, § 1; by Ord. 1367, 10/9/1979, § 2; by Ord. 1607, 11/11/1989, § 4; by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994, § 3; and by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense. Such fine and costs may be in addition to the costs and expenses of abatement of any nuisance created or maintained as a result of such violation, and any penalty authorized to be charted in addition to such costs and expenses, in cases where abatement thereof is done by the Borough.