[Adopted 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-7]
It shall be unlawful for each person in whose name a mobile home or
house trailer is assessed, rated or valued as provided by the General County
Assessment Law, 72 P.S. § 5020-407, and the Fourth to Eighth Class
County Assessment Law, 72 P.S. § 5453.617a, to remove a mobile home
or house trailer from the taxing district without first having obtained a
removal permit from the Township Tax Collector.
Mobile home park owner(s) or operator(s) are exempt from the permit
requirements of this article.
The Township Tax Collector shall issue a removal permit upon application
therefor whenever a fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Supervisors and all taxes levied and assessed on the mobile home or house
trailer to be moved are paid. The permit shall be in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A. The Tax Collector shall remit the said fees collected hereunder
to the Township monthly.
Any person who moves a mobile home or house trailer from the territorial
limits of the Township taxing district without first having obtained a removal
permit issued under this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in
a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a District
Justice, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including
reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement
of this article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the 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 a violation exists shall
constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents
of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including
injunction, to enforce compliance herewith..