[Adopted 9-17-1997 by Ord. No. 199]
Any person violating any subsection of this Part shall, upon
a finding of liability therefore in a civil proceeding before a Magisterial
District Judge, be fined not more than $600. Each violation shall
constitute a separate offense.
[Adopted 11-16-2005 by Ord. No. 269]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
CHILD-CARE FACILITY
A licensed day-care center, child-care facility or any other
child care services facility exempt from licensing pursuant to the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development or the general
public, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas
set aside for public facilities.
PARK or PLAYGROUND
Any recreational facility, playground or park, owned or operated
by the Township or any other governmental agency including, but not
limited to, the school district, the County of Bucks or the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
PERMANENT ADDRESS
A place where a person lives, abides, lodges, or resides
for 14 or more consecutive days.
SCHOOL
Any public or private school which provides education services
to a minor.
TEMPORARY RESIDENCE
A place where a person lives, abides, lodges, or resides
for a period of less than 14 days in the aggregate during any calendar
year, which is not the person's permanent address or place where
the person routinely lives, abides, lodges, or resides and which is
not the person's permanent address.
The foregoing recitals are herein incorporated by reference
as though more fully set forth at length.
A person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90
days.
A person residing within 2,500 feet of any school, child-care
facility, park or playground, or open space does not commit a violation
of this section if any of the following apply:
A. The person established the permanent residence prior to adoption
of this Part.
B. The person was a minor when he/she committed the offense and was
not convicted as an adult.
D. The school, child-care facility, park or playground, or open space
within 2,500 feet of the person's permanent or temporary residence
was opened after the person established the residence.
The Board of Supervisors shall supply or cause to be supplied
to the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole a duly certified
copy of this Part to inform the state and county prison and probation
and parole personnel about the limitations on residence set forth
in this Part.
All agencies and authorities within the Township including,
but not limited to, the Township Police Department, have full authority
to enforce this Part as a summary offense. In addition to or in lieu
of enforcement of this Part as a summary offense, the Township may
enforce this Part in equity.
The Township Manager is hereby directed to have prepared and placed on the Township website a map of the Township depicting the areas where sex offenders that §
6-203C above applies to are restricted from residing on a permanent or temporary basis.