[Ord. 14-1970, 6/8/1970, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, conduct or maintain,
or to permit to be operated, conducted or maintained, a nuisance upon
any public or private land within the Township of Charlestown.
[Ord. 14-1970, 6/8/1970, § 2; as amended by Ord.
160-2010, 10/4/2010]
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Part, after
notice in writing by the Board of Supervisors of the Township to such
person to abate and discontinue such nuisance, and upon default of
such person so to do, upon conviction thereof in an action brought
before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the
enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000
plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a
term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 14-1970, 6/8/1970, § 3; as amended by Ord.
160-2010, 10/4/2010]
In addition to the penalty provided in § 10-202 hereof, the Board of Supervisors, after notice in writing to such person to voluntarily abate the nuisance within five days of the date of the notice, and upon default of such person so to do, may abate and remove such nuisance, and the Board of Supervisors of the Township may thereafter collect, by summary proceedings before any magisterial district judge, the cost of the removal thereof.
[Ord. 14-1970, 6/8/1970, § 4]
In lieu of the remedy provided in § 10-203 hereof, but in addition to the penalty provided in § 10-202 hereof, the Board of Supervisors of the Township may, after notice in writing to such person to abate, discontinue and remove such nuisance, institute proceedings in a court of equity against such person to abate, discontinue and remove such nuisance.
[Ord. 14-1970, 6/8/1970, § 5]
The notice required under the provisions of this Part shall
be deemed properly served by mailing the same by first class mail,
certified, and addressed to the owner or occupier at the premises
where such nuisance shall exist, or, in lieu thereof, by posting the
same upon the said premises where such nuisance shall exist.
[Ord. 14-1970, 6/8/1970, § 6]
The word "person" as used in this Part shall mean an individual,
copartnership, association, or corporation, as the circumstances may
warrant, unless otherwise herein specifically limited.
