The Chestnuthill Township Codes Enforcement Officer, Roadmaster
and Township Engineer shall each have responsibility for enforcing
the terms of this chapter.
The Chestnuthill Township Codes Enforcement Officer, Roadmaster
and Township Engineer are each hereby authorized to issue citations
for a violation of this chapter.
This chapter shall be enforced by action brought before a Magisterial
District Judge in the same manner provided for the enforcement of
summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity who or which
violates or permits a violation of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, pay a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per violation, plus all court
costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by Chestnuthill
Township in the enforcement proceedings, and/or be imprisoned to the
extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses. Each
day or portion thereof that a violation exists or continues shall
constitute a separate violation. Further, the appropriate officers
or agents of Chestnuthill Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable
relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance with this chapter.
All fines, penalties, costs and reasonable attorneys' fees collected
for the violation of this chapter shall be paid to Chestnuthill Township
for its general use.