[Ord. 215, 3/8/1976, § 1001; as amended by Ord.
301, 12/30/1991, § 14]
1. No plan of a subdivision or land development proposed for the Township
shall be recorded in any public office unless or until that plan shall
bear the certified approval of the Board of Supervisors.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, trade or otherwise convey
or offer to sell, trade or otherwise convey any lot or parcel of land
as a part of or in conformity with any plan, plat or replat of any
subdivision or land development unless and until said plan, plat or
replat shall have been first recorded in the office of the County
Recorder of Deeds.
[Ord. 215, 3/8/1976; as added by A.O.]
1. If it appears to the Township that a violation of this chapter has
occurred, the Township shall initiate enforcement proceedings by sending
an enforcement notice as provided in this section.
2. The enforcement notice shall be sent to the owner of record of the
parcel on which the violation has occurred, to any person who has
filed a written request to receive enforcement notices regarding that
parcel and to any other person requested in writing by the owner of
record.
3. An enforcement notice shall state at least the following:
A. The name of the owner of record and any other person against whom
the Township intends to take action.
B. The location of the property in violation.
C. The specific violation with a description of the requirements which
have not been met, citing in each instance the applicable provisions
of this chapter.
D. The date before which the steps for compliance must be commenced
and the date before which the steps must be completed.
E. The recipient of the notice has the right to appeal to the Zoning
Hearing Board within a period of 10 days.
F. Failure to comply with the notice within the time specified, unless
extended by appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board, constitutes a violation,
with possible sanctions clearly described.
[Ord. 215, 3/8/1976, § 1002; as amended by A.O.]
1. Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor
in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township, pay a
judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorney fees incurred by the Township as a result thereof. No judgment
shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of
the determination of a violation by the magisterial district judge.
If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the
Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules
of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute
a separate violation, unless the magisterial district judge determining
that there has been a violation further determines that there was
a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating
this chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in
which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation
until the 5th day following the date of the determination of a violation
by the magisterial district judge and thereafter each day that a violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation.
2. The court of common pleas, upon petition, may grant an order of stay,
upon cause shown, tolling the per diem judgment pending a final adjudication
of the violation and judgment.
3. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted
to grant to any person or entity other than the Township the right
to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.
4. Magisterial district judges shall have initial jurisdiction in proceedings
brought under this section.
[Ord. 215, 3/8/1976, § 1003; as amended by Ord.
301, 12/30/1991, § 12]
1. The proper officers of the Township are authorized to take any appropriate
action to enforce this chapter, including imposing any penalties and/or
remedies and taking any or all actions or refusing to take any action
as provided for in §§ 515.1 and 515.3 of the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, Act 170 of 1988, 53 P.S. §§ 10515.1,
10515.3.
2. No developer or owner nor their representatives shall block entrance
of any Township officer to any property being reviewed or developed
pursuant to this chapter.
[Ord. 215, 3/8/1976, § 1004; as amended by Ord.
238, 5/12/1980, §§ 1, 2; and by Ord. 285, 5/22/1989,
§ 1]
1. The Board of Supervisors may, by ordinance or resolution, establish
and amend a schedule of nonrefundable fees, including review and inspection
fees, to be paid in connection with applications for subdivision or
land development, mobile homes and planned residential developments.
Such fees will be payable to the Township at the time of submission
of an application; provided, that fees due in respect of engineering
or professional consultant charges shall be due within 20 days after
a bill for such fees is sent to the applicant.
2. With respect to engineering or professional consultant charges, an
applicant may request an estimate of such charges once a complete
application has been submitted. Such estimate will be advisory only,
and in no way binding or limiting upon the Township, engineer or professional
consultant.
3. If the applicant disputes such review or inspection fees, the provisions
of §§ 503(1) and 510(9) of the Municipalities Planning
Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10503(1), 10510(9) will be applicable.
[Ord. 215, 3/8/1976, § 1005]
Notwithstanding the imposition of any penalties hereunder, the
Township may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to require
compliance with or to enjoin violation of the provisions of these
regulations or any administrative orders or determinations made pursuant
to these regulations.