Pursuant to the authority granted in the Second Class Township Code to prohibit nuisances; to promote the health, cleanliness, comfort
and safety of the citizens of Concord Township and the authority of political
subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; to enact local ordinances
to regulate, inter alia, the sale, distribution, display and exhibition of
and activities concerning obscene and other sexual material as provided for
in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5903(k) and as upheld by the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Brown v. Pornography Commission
of Lower Southampton Township, 620 F.Supp 1199 (1985), the Township of Concord
enacts the following provisions.
Nothing in this article shall apply to any recognized historical society
or museum accorded charitable status by the federal government, any county,
city, borough, township or town library, any public library, any library of
any school, college or university or any archive or library under the supervision
and control of the commonwealth or a political subdivision.
[Amended 12-3-1996 by Ord. No. 206]
A. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article
or permits the violation of any provision of this article shall pay a fine
of $600.
B. Each violation for each separate day and each violation
of any provision of this article shall constitute a separate and distinct
violation.
C. Any person who violates or permits the violation of any
provision of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil
enforcement proceeding commenced by Concord Township, pay the fine prescribed
by this article, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees,
incurred by Concord Township.
D. Enforcement of this article shall be the responsibility
of the Township Manager, Zoning Officer, Building Inspector, Plumbing Inspector
or Fire Marshal, as appropriate, who shall follow the enforcement procedure
set forth in this article.