[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to create or maintain any
condition upon their property which could directly or indirectly cause
a nuisance or health hazard to residents of the Township of Carroll,
York County. Specifically, the unsheltered storage or maintenance
of unused, stripped, damaged and generally unusable machinery or equipment,
or materials, shall be considered a nuisance and/or health hazard.
If the owner of grounds on which machinery, equipment, and/or
materials are stored does not comply with the notice to abate the
conditions, within the time limit prescribed, the Township of Carroll,
York County, shall have the authority to take measures to correct
the conditions and collect the cost of such corrections, plus 10%
of all costs. The Township of Carroll, York County, in such event
and pursuant to its statutory or otherwise authorized police powers,
shall have the right and power to enter upon the offending premises
to accomplish the foregoing.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge 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 costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
This article shall become effective on July 8, 1986.