[Adopted 8-13-1979 by Ord. No. 312]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership,
association or charitable organization to cover, to any extent whatsoever,
any sanitary sewer manhole or manhole cover of the Municipal Authority of
the Township of South Fayette or otherwise render the same inaccessible in
any manner to the Municipal Authority of the Township of South Fayette or
the Township of South Fayette or any of their agents, servants or employees
or to any other persons legally authorized to use the same or to lift, remove
or otherwise tamper with a manhole or manhole cover.
[Amended 7-11-1988 by Ord. No. 359[1]]
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or charitable
organization that violates any provision of this article shall, upon summary
conviction thereof before a District Justice or other court, be subject to
a fine of not more than $1000 for any one offense, recoverable with costs,
and in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county
jail for a term not exceeding 30 days. Each day that a violation is permitted
to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
In addition to the penalties involved in § 200-22 hereof, should the Township of South Fayette or the Municipal Authority of the Township of South Fayette be required to expend money for the uncovering or replacement or repair of any such manhole or manhole cover as covered or tampered with as set forth in § 200-21 hereof, then said Township of South Fayette or the Municipal Authority of the Township of South Fayette shall render a bill to the offender or offenders for the amount spent, and if the same is not paid within 30 days, suit may be entered in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery thereof, or the real estate of the offender, if situate within the Township of South Fayette, may be liened for the collection thereof as any other municipal claim.
