[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of North Middleton as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Rental property registry — See Ch. 156.
[Adopted 5-3-1979 as Ch. XIII,
Part 3, of the 1979 Code of Ordinances]
The purpose of this article is to provide for
the proper management, care and control of the Township and its finances
and the maintenance of good government and welfare of the Township,
including the prompt collection of streetlighting assessments.
The sellers of real estate, including but not
limited to individuals, partnerships, corporations, as well as agents
of individuals, partnerships and corporations, where said agents derive
a commission from any resulting sale, shall notify the purchasers
of said real estate of existing or pending streetlighting assessments.
Said notification shall be in writing and shall apply to improved
and unimproved real estate. A copy of said notification shall also
be sent to the Tax Collector in whose district the streetlights are
located.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil
enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial
District Judge, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Township in
the enforcement of this article. No judgment shall be imposed until
the date of the determination of the violation by the Magisterial
District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the
judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable
Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute
a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of
the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including
injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.
