It shall be a violation of this chapter to undertake any action which is contrary to the terms of this chapter, including but not limited to the failure to obtain a permit as stipulated in Article
XIV.
Any person, partnership or corporation who or
which has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement
proceeding commenced by the Township, pay a judgment of not more than
$500, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred
by the Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or
be imposed, levied or be payable until the date of the determination
of a violation by the District Justice. 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 that
a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless
the District Justice determining that there has been a violation further
determines that there was a good-faith basis for the person, partnership
or corporation violating the ordinance to have believed that there
was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have
been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date
of the determination of a violation by the District Justice. Thereafter,
each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney's fees collected for
the violation of this chapter shall be paid over to the Township.
The granting of any permit under this chapter
shall create no liability upon, nor a cause of action against, any
Township official or employee for damages or injury that may occur
from the use, construction or enlargement of structures or the use
of land.