[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Whitaker 9-11-1985 by Ord. No.
3-1985. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No satellite antenna dish, tower or other device used to receive
radio or television signal wave shall be erected in the front yard
facing a street or public highway. Said television satellite antenna
dishes or towers shall be permitted to be erected in the rear yard.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding
10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement
under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.
All ordinances or part of ordinances inconsistent herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict with the
provisions of this chapter.
