[Adopted 1-21-1986 as Ch. 21, Part 2, of the 1986 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons,
firm or corporation to place, erect or build any porch, portico, door
steps, railing, bulk, bay or jut window, areaway, cellar door and
cellar window, sign and sign post, board, pole or frame, awning, awning
post or other device or thing, projecting over, under, into, or otherwise
occupying the sidewalk or other portion of any street or alley, including
the surface of the sidewalk, except any traffic or other sign placed,
erected or maintained by the proper state or municipal authorities
and any sign attached to a building erected and maintained under permit
and meeting the requirements of the ordinance of the Township.
[Amended 6-7-1988 by Ord. No. 256; 6-19-2012 by Ord. No.
414]
Any violation of this article shall be enforced
by action brought before a District Justice in the same manner provided
for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules
of Criminal Procedure. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article 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 10 days. Each day that a violation of this article
continues, or each section of this article which shall be found to
have been violated, shall constitute a separate offense. For purposes
of this section, the doing of any act or thing prohibited by any provision
of this article, or the failure to do any act or thing as to which
any provision of this article creates an affirmative duty, shall constitute
a violation of this article punishable as herein stated.
In addition to the penalties imposed by this
article for the violation of any provision thereof, the person, firm
or corporation, upon notice of the violation, shall immediately remove
the offending structure or obstruction, and on failure to so remove
the offending obstruction, the Township shall remove the same at the
cost of the property owner, and collect the costs therefor in any
manner provided by law.
