[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Hilltown 5-2-1970 by Ord. No. 70-1. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 6-28-1976 by Ord. No. 76-4]
On and after the effective date of this chapter,
no person, firm or corporation shall move into, move within or remove
from, or cause his or its personal property to be so moved into, within
or removed from, any house, dwelling or other building within Hilltown
Township without first having obtained a permit therefor, as hereinafter
provided.
[Amended 5-24-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4]
Applications for permit shall be filed with, and permits shall be issued by, the Chief of Police of said Township, pursuant to the provisions of § 98-5 of this chapter. A fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors shall be charged for such permit.
Every person, firm or corporation seeking a
permit to occupy any premises shall file an application on a form
furnished by the Township and setting forth the name of the applicant,
the location of the premises, the name of the owner, the address of
the owner, the nature of the proposed use of the building, and, if
for residence purposes, the names and ages of the occupants.
Every person, firm or corporation seeking a
permit to remove from any premises shall file an application setting
forth the name of the applicant, the location of the premises from
which the removal is to be made, the expected time of departure, the
address to which moving, the names and ages of any other members of
the household who may be removing from the Township with the applicant,
and there shall be attached to said application sufficient proof of
payment of Township or school taxes, if any, for the current year.
Upon filing of the application, it shall be
the duty of the Chief of Police to issue the requested permit if,
in the event the application is for a permit to move into the Township,
the indicated use does not violate any of the ordinances of Hilltown
Township; or if, in the event the permit is for the removal from the
Township, there are no outstanding obligations due the Township or
school district.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to transport or remove his or its own, or the personal
property of another person, which said person is moving into or removing
from a house, dwelling or other building within the Township of Hilltown,
unless such person so moving into or removing from the said Township
of Hilltown shall have first obtained the permit as hereinbefore provided.
It shall be the duty of such person, firm or corporation transporting
or removing the personal property of itself or of another person to
or from the Township of Hilltown to ascertain that the person, firm
or corporation whose property is to be so transported or removed has
obtained the permit as hereinbefore required.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
to require any owner of tangible personal property held for the purpose
of manufacturing in the ordinary course of his business, or held for
the purpose of sale or resale in the ordinary course of his business,
to obtain any such permit to transport or remove such tangible personal
property from or to any storehouse, warehouse or usable place of business;
and nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as to require
any hotel, lodging house, or rooming house to obtain any such permit
for the use of transient guests, or to require such transient guests
to obtain a permit.
[Amended 6-28-1976 by Ord. No. 76-4]
A.
Information on occupants of premises required. It
shall be the duty of all owners of real estate and for their duly
authorized real estate agent or agents caring for real estate in Hilltown
Township, and of every subsequent purchaser, devisee, person, association
or corporation acquiring title in any manner whatsoever to any real
property in Hilltown Township, to furnish to the Chief of Police of
Hilltown Township the name, address, date of birth, and employer of
any and all persons 18 years of age or older living, occupying or
dwelling in or upon such real property so owned or so leased. This
notice shall be given in writing within 15 days of such person or
persons moving into Hilltown Township or moving out of Hilltown Township.
B.
All persons or corporations leasing or renting living
accommodations consisting of apartments, dwelling houses, furnished
or unfurnished rooms, hotel space, or similar facilities within Hilltown
Township shall report to the Chief of Police of Hilltown Township
the names and addresses of the tenant or lessee, whenever such tenant
occupies said facilities for a term of one month or more. The report
shall be filed within 15 days after the 30th day of occupancy of the
facilities. The person or corporation shall also report to the Chief
of Police the termination of any lease or rental agreement for facilities
as described above. Said report shall be made within five days of
the receipt of actual or constructive notice of the termination of
the tenancy.
[Amended 6-28-1976 by Ord. No. 76-4]
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
