[Ord. No. 1-69, § 1]
It is hereby stated and declared by the Borough Council that open excavations for any purpose, open building foundations and uncompleted building construction which violate the provisions of this article, as hereinafter set forth, are nuisances which are dangerous to the public health, safety and welfare of the public and must be abated as hereinafter set forth and/or the violators of this article prosecuted for such violations.
[Ord. No. 1-69, § 2]
No person shall cause to be made or permit to be made in, upon or along any lands, streets, roads or highways or any other place in the Borough any excavations of earth for building foundations, drainage ditches, percolation holes, cesspools, septic tanks, wells or any other purpose unless the following regulations are followed:
(a) 
Any such excavation over two feet in depth shall remain open no longer than one week or shall be fenced in accordance with fencing requirements set forth in Paragraph (b) of this section, and in any event, such excavation shall not remain open any longer than two months, during which time such excavation must be filled in or in case of foundations, backfilled to the normal level of the ground.
(b) 
Any such excavation that exceeds a depth of two feet and contains more than one foot of mud or water, or both, must be immediately and completely enclosed by a fence at least four feet in height, constructed of suitable material so as to be impassable and to be firmly supported to the ground so as to be immovable, unless such excavation is guarded by a person who shall be present continuously.
(c) 
Any drainage ditch or watercourse ditch that is to remain permanently open as a water drainage course deeper than 2 feet, must have sides, containing a slope as specified by the Borough engineer.
(d) 
Any excavation made for percolation test holes, cesspools and septic tanks, wells or swimming pools, must be either continually guarded by a person who is present at all times or must be fenced in accordance with the fencing requirements set forth in paragraph "(a)" above, and must be completely filled in or backfilled within 72 hours after the opening has been made.
(e) 
Any building foundation shall not remain open or unfinished any longer than 2 months. If an open foundation contains more than one foot of water, mud or both, said foundation must be fenced in accordance with the fencing requirements set forth in paragraph "(a)" above.
(f) 
Any building upon which construction has commenced, may not remain uncompleted for any longer than 2 months unless the same is continuously in the process of construction without undue delay and if said construction remains uncompleted for longer than 2 months, the same shall be demolished or removed. If in the opinion of the building inspector, any building which is under construction contains or presents a hazard or a nuisance to the public health, safety and welfare, upon such determination by the building inspector, the building inspector shall have the power to order such building to be fenced in accordance with the fencing requirements set forth in paragraph "(a)" above.
[Ord. No. 1-69, § 3]
Whenever any person shall violate any of the provisions of this article and the Borough council shall declare such violation a nuisance, the said council shall cause the Borough clerk or the building inspector to notify the person forthwith, by mail or by personal contact, to abate the nuisance by either complying with this article or by eliminating the violation. Should such person fail to abate the nuisance within 24 hours after receiving said notice, then the Borough may proceed to abate said nuisance. Such person shall be liable for the cost thereof, and such cost may be assessed against the property if not paid to the Borough, and shall be enforceable and collectible the same as uncollected taxes.
[Ord. No. 1-69, §§ 1, 6; Ord. No. 19-69, § 1]
(a) 
The provisions of section 1-9 of these Revised Ordinances shall be applicable to this article.
(b) 
The imposition and collection of any penalty under the provisions of paragraph "(a)" of this section shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Borough to collect the cost of abatement as provided in section 12-3.