Failure to secure a permit or Zoning Hearing
Board certificate, when required, previous to the erection, construction,
extension or addition to a building or failure to secure a use registration
permit shall be a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by Ord. No. 127-R]
If it appears to the Township that a violation
of any provision of this chapter has occurred, the Township shall
initiate enforcement proceedings by sending an enforcement notice
as provided below:
A. The enforcement notice shall be sent to the owner
of record of the parcel on which the violation has occurred, to any
person who has filed a written request to receive enforcement notices
regarding that parcel, and to any other person requested in writing
by the owner of record.
B. An enforcement notice shall state at least the following:
(1)
The name of the owner of record and any other
person against whom the Township intends to take action.
(2)
The location of the property in violation.
(3)
The specific violation with a description of
the requirements which have not been met, citing in each instance
the applicable provisions of this chapter.
(4)
The date before which steps for compliance must
be commenced and a date before which steps must be completed.
(5)
The recipient of the notice has a right to appeal
to the Zoning Hearing Board within a prescribed period of time in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter.
(6)
Failure to comply with the notice within the
time specified, unless extended by appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board,
constitutes a violation with possible sanctions clearly described.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by Ord. No. 127-R]
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 the 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 Magisterial District Judge. 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 Magisterial District Judge determining that there has been
a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for
the person, partnership or corporation violating this chapter 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 Magisterial
District Judge, and thereafter each day that a violation continues
shall constitute a separate violation. All judgment costs and reasonable
attorney's fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall
be paid over to the Township whose ordinance has been violated.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by Ord. No. 127-R]
The Magisterial District Judge shall have initial jurisdiction over proceedings brought under §
250-236
The charges for permits, application for special
exceptions, application for variance, Zoning Hearing Board certificates,
etc., shall be fixed in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by
resolution of the Board of Township Commissioners upon the enactment
of this chapter or as such schedule may be amended by resolution of
the Board of Township Commissioners.