[Ord. No. 2021-05, 3/16/2021]
1. The Code Administrator shall have the power and duty to enforce the
provisions of this chapter. The term "Code Administrator" shall include
his/her designated assistant(s).
2. When there is a violation of this chapter, the Code Administrator
shall mail or deliver a written enforcement order to the landowner
of the property or to the violator. The Township may, in an enforcement
order, require corrective actions within a specified time period,
with the time period taking into account the severity of any hazards.
The notice shall state the nature of the violation, and ordinance
provisions that were relied upon in the determination. If the violator(s)
is a business entity or employees or other representative(s) of the
business entity, the address of the business entity shall be presumed
to be the correct mailing address for such business entity.
[Ord. No. 2021-05, 3/16/2021]
1. This chapter shall be enforced by action brought before a Magisterial
District Judge in the same manner provided for the enforcement of
summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
The Township Solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without
the consent of the District Attorney. The landowner or operator shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000,
plus costs of prosecution and the Township's reasonable attorney's
fees for each separate offense. Each time a section of this chapter
is found to have been violated and each day that a violation of this
chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
2. This chapter may also be enforced by the Township through an action
in equity brought in the Court of Common Pleas.
3. The landowner or operator who causes or allows a violation of this
chapter shall be liable for the cost of any needed abatement. For
purposes of collecting or recovering the costs involved in taking
corrective action or pursuing a cost recovery action pursuant to an
order or recovering the cost of abatement, litigation, oversight,
monitoring, sampling, testing, and investigation related to a corrective
action, the Township may collect the amount in the same manner as
civil penalties are assessed and collected following the process for
assessment and collection of a civil penalty.