The Board of Supervisors for and on behalf of this township hereby elects
and adopts the provisions of the Act of Assembly of July 27, 1955 (P.L. 288),
as amended.
A certificate from the Zoning Officer or Board of Supervisors certifying
that the property has been approved or designated as a nonconforming use shall
be deemed compliance with this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AGREEMENT OF SALE
Any agreement, or written instrument, which provides that title to
any property shall thereafter be transferred from one owner to another owner,
and shall include inter alia, written leases which contain options to purchase
the leased property, and leases which provide that the lessee of the property
shall acquire title thereto after the payment of a stipulated number of regular
rent payments or after a stipulated period of time.
OWNER
Any person, copartnership, association, corporation or fiduciary
having legal, or equitable title, or any interest in any real property. Whenever
used in any clause, prescribing or imposing a penalty, the term owner, as
applied to copartnerships and associations, shall mean the partners, or members
thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof.
PROPERTY
Any building or structure situate in this township, except buildings
or structures used, designed or intended to be used, exclusively, for single-family
or two-family occupancy, churches or other places of religious worship, except
that for the purpose of certification or statements regarding notices of housing,
building, safety or fire violations, the word "property" shall include all
buildings or structures.
[Amended 6-7-1988 by Ord. No. 256]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000, and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.