This chapter is hereby adopted in accordance with 8 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 1202 for the purpose of properly managing, caring and
controlling the Borough and its finances.
No person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation shall
move, or cause to be moved, from any place within the Borough of Summit
Hill to another place therein or to a place beyond the limits thereof,
or move or cause to be moved from any place beyond the limits of the
Borough of Summit Hill to a place or places within the Borough of
Summit Hill any household goods in bulk, without first securing from
the Borough Secretary a permit for such moving or transportation.
Any person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation desiring
such a permit for the removal or transportation of household goods
in the manner described above shall make application to the Borough
Secretary of the Borough of Summit Hill setting forth his, her, its
or their name and address and also setting forth names of the owners
or reputed owners of the property to be moved, the address and location
from which the property is to be moved, and the new address or location
of the place to which the property is to be moved.
[Amended 8-28-1989 by Ord. No. 4-1989; 12-4-1995 by Ord. No.
5-1995; 12-20-2000 by Ord. No. 6-2000; 10-25-2004 by Ord. No. 7-2004; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The Borough Secretary of the Borough of Summit Hill, or any
police officer, upon application being made as provided, shall issue
a moving permit as required. Such application shall set forth the
name of the permit holder as well as the name or names of the owners
of the goods to be moved and the address from which the goods are
to be moved and the address to which the goods are to be delivered.
No permit shall be issued to remove household goods to a place beyond
the limits of the Borough when any taxes due the Borough, other than
real estate taxes, remain unpaid by the owners of the goods to be
moved, nor shall a permit be issued to move household goods to a place
beyond the limits of the Borough without the applicant paying a fee
as set by resolution of the Borough Council. No fee shall be required
to accompany the permit application should household goods only be
moving from a place within the Borough to another place within the
Borough.
[Amended 10-25-2004 by Ord. No. 7-2004]
The provisions of this chapter or any other ordinances referenced
herein shall be enforced by any police officer of the Borough of Summit
Hill.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation, whether
principal or agent, violating any provisions of this chapter, or furnishing
false information to the Borough Secretary or using any false name
or address shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense
and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court
costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the
enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary
conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment
of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be
sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a
period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility
for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists
shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter
that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition
to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce
this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County.