[Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
Every permit shall expire by limitation and become null and
void if the work authorized by such permit has not been commenced
within six months or is not completed within two years from the date
of issue. The Department of Licenses and Inspections, or its duly
authorized agents, may grant reasonable extensions of time, provided
the application for extension of time is made before the date of expiration
of the permit, if the permit holder presents satisfactory evidence
that unusual difficulties have prevented work from being started or
completed within the specified time limits.
[Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
The Department of Licenses and Inspections, or its duly authorized
agents, is charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this
chapter.
A. Whenever Warminster Township finds that a person has violated a prohibition
or failed to meet a requirement of this chapter, the Department of
Licenses and Inspections, or its duly authorized agents, may order
compliance by written notice to the responsible person. Such notice
may, without limitation, require the following remedies:
(1)
Performance of monitoring, analyses, and reporting;
(2)
Cessation of any violating practices or operations;
(3)
Abatement or remediation of erosion and sediment pollution or
contamination hazards and the restoration of any affected property;
(4)
Payment of a fine to cover administrative and remediation costs;
(5)
Implementation of erosion and sediment control measures and
best management practices (BMPs); and
(6)
Operation and maintenance of erosion and sediment control measures
and BMPs.
B. Such notification shall set forth the nature of the violation(s)
and establish a time limit for correction of these violation(s). Said
notice may further advise that, if applicable, should the violator
fail to take the required action within the established deadline,
the work will be done by Warminster Township, and the expense may
be charged to the violator.
C. Failure to comply within the time specified may subject a violator
to the penalty provisions of this chapter. All such penalties shall
be deemed cumulative and shall not prevent Warminster Township from
pursuing any and all other remedies available in law or equity.
[Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
Any person, partnership, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this chapter, 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 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 chapter continues or each section of this chapter
which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate
offense.
[Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
Any person aggrieved by any action of the Township or its designee,
relevant to the provisions of this chapter, may appeal to the relevant
judicial or administrative body according to law within the time period
allowed.