[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Sharon Hill as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
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[An ordinance making certain substantive changes to existing ordinances and providing for the adoption of this Code as the Code of the Borough of Sharon Hill will be proposed before the Borough Council. Upon final adoption, this ordinance will be included here as Article I of this chapter.]
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[Adopted 7-14-1988 by Ord. No. 1180]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Sharon Hill hereby ordains
and adopts this ordinance, hereby revoking all prior ordinances inconsistent
herewith, and establishes maximum fines for violations of Borough
ordinances and codes as follows.
The violation of all Borough ordinances and codes, including,
but not limited to, the Zoning Ordinance, No. 1051, adopted March
25, 1976, as amended, and the Code of the Borough of Sharon Hill,
adopted December 28, 1972, as amended, shall be subject to a maximum
fine as provided from time to time by state statute. At present, those
maximum fines are established in Act 18 of 1988 as enacted by the
Pennsylvania Legislature, effective May 1, 1988. If and when Act 18
of 1988 is amended or otherwise modified to either increase or decrease
the maximum fine for ordinance violations, it is the intent of Borough
Council that the maximum fine authorized by the state statute shall
be the maximum fine with regard to all ordinances or codes of the
Borough of Sharon Hill.[1]
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Editor's Note: In accordance with the amended provisions of
the Borough Code, Title 8, Part I, as recodified by Act 37 of 2014,
the maximum penalties allowed by statute, except for subjects such
as vehicles and traffic, earned income tax and zoning, for which specific
penalties appear to be set by separate statutes, are: for civil enforcement,
fines of not more than $600 per violation, plus court costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees; for criminal enforcement (including for ordinances
regulating building, housing, property maintenance, health, fire,
public safety, parking, solicitation, curfew, or water, air or noise
pollution) a fine of not more than $1,000 plus court costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees and, on default of payment, imprisonment for not longer
than 30 days.
