[Derived from § 1-6 of the 1971 Code]
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Code or other
ordinance of the Township, where no specific penalty is provided regarding
the section violated, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable
by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000 (unless
otherwise stipulated) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90
days or to a period of community service not exceeding 90 days at
the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
B.
For a violation of any housing or zoning code, the enforcement officer
shall provide a thirty-day period in which the owner shall be afforded
the opportunity to cure or abate the condition and shall also be afforded
an opportunity for a hearing before a Court of competent jurisdiction
for an independent determination concerning the violation. Subsequent
to the expiration of the thirty-day period, a fine greater than $1,250
may be imposed if a Court has not determined otherwise or, upon reinspection
of the property, it is determined that the abatement has not been
substantially completed. For the violation of an ordinance pertaining
to unlawful solid waste disposal, at least a minimum penalty shall
be imposed which shall consist of a fine which may be fixed at an
amount not exceeding $2,500 or a maximum penalty by a fine not exceeding
$10,000 to construct, acquire, operate or maintain any and all public
improvements, projects or enterprises for any public purpose, subject
to referendum requirements otherwise imposed by law, and to exercise
all powers of local government in such manner as its governing body
may determine.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1689-02; Ord. No. 1878-06; at time of
adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Township Council may prescribe that for the violation of
any particular provision of the Code or of any particular ordinance
at least a minimum penalty shall be imposed which shall consist of
a fine which may be fixed at an amount not exceeding $100. The Court
before which any person is convicted of violating any ordinance or
Code provision shall have power to impose any fine, term of punishment,
or period of community service not less than the minimum and not exceeding
the maximum fixed in the Code or such ordinance.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who is convicted of violating this Code or an ordinance
within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same provision
of this Code or of the same ordinance and who was fined for the previous
violation shall be sentenced by a Court to an additional fine as a
repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the Court upon a person
for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed
the maximum fine fixed for a violation of the ordinance or Code provision,
but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation
of the ordinance or Code provision.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person convicted of the violation of any provision of this
Code or any ordinance may, in the discretion of the Court by which
he was convicted, and in default of the payment of any fine imposed
therefor, be imprisoned in the County jail or place of detention provided
by the Township for any term not exceeding 90 days, or be required
to perform community service for a period not exceeding 90 days.
Except as otherwise provided, each and every day in which a
violation of any provision of this Code or any other ordinance of
the Township exists shall constitute a separate violation.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The maximum penalty stated in this section is not intended to
state an appropriate penalty for each and every violation. At the
discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court, any lesser penalty,
including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all, may be appropriate
for a particular case or violation.
