[Adopted 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 346]
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 public 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 public 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 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.