[Ord. 105, 12/13/1993, § 2200; as amended by Ord.
139, 8/12/1996, § 2]
All references in any of the above sections referencing a criminal
fine or criminal penalty are hereby amended to reflect that they shall
be a civil penalty enforceable in accordance with § 1601(c)
of the Second Class Township Code. All references to the imposition
of any terms of imprisonment for violation of any Township ordinance
are hereby deleted. The amount of the fine shall be as established
under the existing sections identified above.
[Ord. 105, 12/13/1993; as added by Ord. 169, 10/11/1999,
§ XIII]
In addition to other remedies, the Township may institute and
maintain appropriate actions by law or in equity to restrain, correct
or abate violations or to prevent illegal occupancy of a building,
structure or premises. A description by metes and bounds in the instrument
of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring
shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from
the remedies herein provided.
A. The Township may refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval
necessary to further improve or develop any real property which has
been developed or which has resulted from a subdivision of real property
in violation of any amendment adopted pursuant to this chapter. This
authority to deny such a permit or approval shall apply to the following
applicants:
(1)
The owner of record at the time of such violation.
(2)
The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such
violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual
or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(3)
The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent
to the time of violation without regard as to whether such current
owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(4)
The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired
the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as
to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge
of the violation.
B. As an additional condition for issuance of a permit or the granting
of an approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee or lessee
for the development of any such real property, the Township may require
compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to
the property at the time the applicant acquired an interest in such
real property and abate all violations noted.
[Ord. 105, 12/13/1993, § 2201]
1. Should any section, clause, provision or portion of this chapter
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect or impair the validity
of any other section, clause, provision or portion of this chapter.
2. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Board of Supervisors
that this chapter would have been adopted had such invalid or unconstitutional
provision not been included herein, and the remaining portions of
this chapter shall remain in effect as though the portion declared
invalid or unconstitutional had never been a part hereof.