[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Ridley as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 325.
[Adopted 3-19-1975 as Ch. 149 of the 1975 Code]
[Amended 7-7-1976 by Ord. No. 1427]
Pursuant to the authorization provided in Section 1502, Clause XLIV,
of the First Class Township Code,[1] and in the interest of health, safety, morals, general welfare,
cleanliness, beauty, convenience and comfort of the Township and its inhabitants,
the owners of all real estate in the Township of Ridley on which there is
located any shopping center, apartment house containing 10 or more apartments,
or other commercial business containing an area of 10,000 square feet or more,
that is located within 50 feet of a residentially zoned area, shall erect
and properly maintain in good repair a masonry wall or ornamental fence not
less than six feet in height, as a buffer between the commercial or apartment
zone area and the residential zone area.
[1]
Editor's Note: 53 P.S. § 56544.
A.
All persons required to erect such wall or fence shall
be notified in writing to comply with the provisions of this article. Such
notice may be served personally or by certified mail. If sent by certified
mail, the mailing of such notice shall be sufficient, whether or not the owner
accepts such mail.
B.
Within seven days after the date on the notice, the owner
of the property involved shall apply to the Secretary of the Township of Ridley
for a permit, and the application therefor shall be accompanied by a sketch
showing the proposed location of the wall or fence.
C.
In the event that the Secretary, after advice from the
Building Committee, determines that the proposed location of the wall or fence
is not appropriate, the Secretary shall indicate the proper location thereof.
D.
Upon approval of the location of the wall or fence, either
as applied for or as relocated, as aforesaid, the permit shall be issued and
said wall or fence shall be erected within 30 days after the issuance of the
permit.
The failure or refusal of any owner of such real estate to apply for
a permit, or the failure to erect and properly maintain such wall or fence,
after seven days' written notice so to do, shall constitute a separate
offense for each day that such violation continues. Said written notice shall
be issued by the Secretary of the Township upon the direction of the Board
of Commissioners to issue such notice.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment of such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to
exceed 30 days. Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue
shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
[Adopted 6-27-1990 by Ord. No. 1659]
All horizontal and vertical members of a fence shall be located on the
interior side of the fence.
Prior to the erection of a fence, a permit must be obtained from the
Township, the fee for which shall be established by the Township Manager and
subject to periodic adjustments.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment of such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to
exceed 30 days. Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue
shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
