It shall remain and continue to be unlawful for any person,
firm, corporation, partnership or any other entity to, within the
limits of the Borough of Millvale:
A. Maintain or operate any junkyard for the purpose of collecting or
storing junk; and/or
B. Maintain or operate any junkyard for the purpose of collecting or
storing abandoned, junked, and/or unlicensed motor vehicles or parts
of such motor vehicles, including any motor vehicles unlicensed for
any reason by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Violations of §
177-1 shall be and are hereby declared to be a nuisance per se.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment
against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons
on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough lockup
for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.