[Ord. 10-4-88, 10/4/1988, § 1]
A vehicle which has been voluntarily relinquished by its
owner, with the intention of terminating his ownership, possession
and control, without vesting ownership in any other person.
Any vehicle not in full and complete working order, without
current registration plates or a valid current Pennsylvania State
inspection sticker, left or stored in the open and not in fully enclosed
building.
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation
who owns or is in possession or control of any property within the
Township.
[Ord. 10-4-88, 10/4/1988, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person, on public or private property,
to create, maintain, allow or fail to remove or abate, upon notice
to do so, any nuisance (including, but not limited to, accumulations
of garbage, rubbish or other refuse materials and the storage of abandoned
or junked vehicles), unless being carried out at a licensed and legally
operated junkyard.
[Ord. 10-4-88, 10/4/1988, § 3]
It shall be the duty of the Zoning Officer to inspect or cause
to be inspected all properties within the Township as often as may
be necessary for the purpose of determining compliance with this Part.
[Ord. 10-4-88, 10/4/1988, § 4; as amended by A.O.]
Upon determination by the Zoning Officer that a nuisance does
in fact exist, he shall send written notice to such person who is
the owner or who is in possession or control of the property upon
which the nuisance exists directing such person to remove or abate
such nuisance within 30 days from receipt of such written notice.
[Ord. 10-4-88, 10/4/1988, § 5]
Notice shall be given by personal service or by letter sent
via certified mail to the last known address of the person who is
the owner or who is in possession or control of the property on which
the nuisance is found to exist. In the event that, after diligent
search, the address of all such persons cannot be ascertained, the
posting of the said notice or copy thereof on the property on which
the nuisance is found to exist shall constitute sufficient notice.
[Ord. 10-4-88, 10/4/1988, § 6]
If the violation complained of shall not have been remedied
within the period as required by order of the Zoning Officer, the
Township, through its own agents, contracts and employees, may remove
or abate the nuisance and charge the cost thereof to such person who
owns or is in possession or control of the property on which the nuisance
exists. Said costs shall, after a proper demand and refusal or failure
to pay after 30 days, constitute a municipal lien on the said property
which shall be filed by the Township Solicitor.
[Ord. 10-4-88, 10/4/1988, § 7; as amended by Ord. 97-4-15, 4/15/1997, § 1; and by Ord. 2004-07, 12/7/2004, § 1]
Any person firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 nor more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues of each section of this Part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
