[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Silverdale 9-3-1985 by Ord. No. 179. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
All electric-eye-controlled lampposts presently
installed within the Borough of Silverdale or installed subsequent
to the effective date of this chapter shall be kept at all times in
working order and good repair by the owner, owners or tenants of the
property upon which the lamp(s) is (are) located. The lamps shall
at all times be operable automatically under control of the electric-eye
device, and each lamp shall be illuminated by a light with an intensity
of a one-hundred-watt incandescent bulb or its equivalent.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble to this ordinance
stated that certain residential dwellings had been or would in the
future be constructed and occupied within the Borough pursuant to
subdivision and land development agreements and/or building permits
which require the owner or owners of the property to install electric-eye-controlled
lampposts (referred to in the ordinance as "the lamp(s)") at the entry
to every such residential dwelling and that the continued operation
in good working order of the lamp(s) serves to provide illumination
at or about the residential dwelling and the neighborhood within which
it is located, thus serving the health, safety and welfare of the
community. The enacting clause of the ordinance stated that the ordinance
was enacted pursuant to the powers delegated to the Borough under
Section 1202(74) of the Borough Code.
Upon failure or neglect of any said person to
keep the lamp(s) in working order and good repair, the Building Inspector
of the Borough of Silverdale shall give notice, in writing, to such
person to comply with the requirements of this chapter. The notice
shall provide that the lamp(s) be restored to working order within
15 days of the date of the dispatch of the written notice. Failure
to comply with said notice within the fifteen-day period allowed shall
constitute a violation of this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $600, and costs of prosecution, or, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not
more than 30 days. At the discretion of Borough Council, the Borough
may cause the work to be done to restore the lamp(s) to working condition
and collect the total cost thereof, plus 10% penalty, from either
the owner, owners or tenant.
