This chapter shall be known and cited as the "South Fayette Township
Disorderly Location Ordinance."
By enacting this chapter, the Board of Commissioners recognizes the
need to regulate the habitual disorderly conduct which frequently occurs at
certain locations within the Township. The recitals to this chapter are incorporated
by reference herein and made a part hereof.
This chapter and the objectives leading to its enactment are authorized
by the provisions of the First Class Township Code, and specifically by law
codified at 3 P.S. § 56502 et seq.
For the purpose of this chapter, a "disorderly location" is defined
as a dwelling or nonresidential structure being maintained for the encouragement
of idleness, gaming, drinking, fighting or other misbehavior, or a location
which acts as a common nuisance or disturbance to the neighborhood or to the
Township's orderly citizens. A location will be deemed to be a disorderly
location under this chapter if the police have been called, or have responded
to calls regarding the same location on at least three separate occasions
in any three-consecutive-month period for the purpose of controlling a fight,
responding to complaints from individuals relating to noise and/or violence,
and/or for the purpose of controlling other misbehavior. A location shall
be deemed to be a disorderly location even if the acts described herein were
performed or perpetrated by the property's owner, tenant, and/or their
invitees.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, lease or otherwise
supervise any ill-governed or disorderly location or place in South Fayette
Township.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $600 and the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of
said fines and costs, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate
offense.