All standards set up in this chapter are to be interpreted as minimum standards required. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit or prevent the use of higher standards.
Wherever any provisions set forth in this chapter are found to be in conflict with mandatory state or federal laws, such mandatory state or federal laws shall govern, and this chapter shall be construed accordingly, so that conflict shall not affect the validity of this chapter.
A. 
This chapter shall be enforced by the Zoning Officer, as provided by law. Where federal security is involved, the Zoning Officer shall furnish written proof that the required and proper clearance has been authorized by the appropriate federal agency. The owner or agent of a building or premises where a violation of any provision of said regulations shall have been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which such violation shall have been committed or shall exist, or the agent, architect, building contractor or any other workman or person who shall commit, take part or assist in any such violation or who shall maintain any building or premises in which any violation of this chapter shall exist may, upon conviction thereof, for each and every violation, be subject to the maximum penalty in Chapter 1, Article II, Penalties for Violations, of the Township Code. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. In the event the court wishes to impose a fine in an amount greater than $1,250 upon an owner of real property for violations of housing or zoning codes of the Township, then and in that event a thirty-day grace period shall be provided to said owner in order to cure or abate the violative condition, and said owner shall also be afforded an opportunity for a hearing before a court of competent jurisdiction for an independent determination concerning said violation. Subsequent to the expiration of the thirty-day period, a fine greater than $1,250 may be imposed if a court has not determined otherwise or, upon reinspection of the property, the court determines that the abatement has not been substantially completed.
[Amended 5-26-1969 by Ord. No. 1969-5; 5-28-1974 by Ord. No. 74-5[1]]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
Aiding and abetting violations. Not only the owner or owners of the land in question shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter if they suffer or permit any of the acts herein prohibited to be done to or upon their lands, but any officers, agents, employees or independent contractors of any landowners who directly or indirectly aid or abet such acts or who authorize or direct or supervise such acts or bring in or upon said land or use or operate any truck, bulldozer, shovel or other equipment in performing any of the acts prohibited hereunder shall also be guilty of a violation of this chapter and, upon conviction, shall be subject to the penalties provided herein.
The Township Council may, from time to time, after public notice and hearing, amend, supplement or change the regulations and zones herein established. No amendment, supplement, modification or change shall become effective until after a public hearing at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least 10 days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in an official newspaper or a paper of general circulation in the Township.