No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently damage,
destroy, deface, block, or otherwise tamper with any water line or
other structure or equipment which is part of the water system. Any
person violating this section shall be in violation of this article.
The Township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time,
additional rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper
relating to connections to and use of the water system, which rules
and regulations shall be construed as part of this article.
Any notice required by this article shall be given to the property
owner either by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt
requested, concurrently with first-class mail. The mailing date of
the notice shall be considered the date of service, and service shall
be presumed to be duly given if the notice is not returned "undeliverable"
by the post office.
In addition to any other remedy available under law or equity,
any person convicted of a violation of this article shall be subject
to a criminal fine in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per day per violation
or suffer imprisonment for a period of not more than 30 days, or both,
together with costs of prosecution. Each twenty-four-hour period during
which failure to comply continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Enforcement of this article shall be brought by action filed with
a district justice in the same manner provided for enforcement of
summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
The Township Solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without
the consent of the District Attorney. All fines and penalties collected
for violation of this article shall be paid over to the agency enforcing
this article. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Township
or its designee from enforcing the provisions of this article by any
other remedy available at law or in equity, and the remedies provided
herein shall be cumulative and concurrent.