[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 1]
The word "person" as used in this Part shall mean any natural
person, partnership, association, firm or corporation. The singular
shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 2; as amended by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994,
§ 3]
The Code Enforcement Department shall be in charge of the enforcement
of this Part.
[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 4; as amended by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994,
§ 3]
No person shall maintain or permit to be maintained on any property
owned or occupied by him within the Borough any condition productive
of a nuisance detrimental to the public health, and upon receipt of
a notice from the Code Enforcement Department that such a condition
exists on a property owned or occupied by him, it shall be his duty
to abate the nuisance created thereby, within the time limit specified
in said notice.
[Ord. 1/6/1959, § 6; as amended by Ord. 4/5/1960B,
§ 2; by Ord. 942, 9/17/1963, § 1; by Ord. 1245,
8/10/1976, § 1; by Ord. 1367, 10/9/1979, § 2;
by Ord. 1607, 11/11/1989, § 4; by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994,
§ 3; and by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of said fine
and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day
that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate
offense. Such fine and costs may be in addition to the costs and expenses
of abatement of any nuisance created or maintained as a result of
such violation, and any penalty authorized to be charted in addition
to such costs and expenses, in cases where abatement thereof is done
by the Borough.
