The Board of Supervisors, by resolution, as they may from time
to time require, shall set fees, payable in advance, for all applications,
permits, or appeals provided for by this chapter to defray the cost
of advertising, processing, inspecting, mailing notices, charges of
the stenographer for taking the notes of testimony, copying applications,
permits and occupancy certificates.
[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 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 chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
This chapter may be enforced through an action in equity brought
in the Court of Common Pleas of York County, which enforcement action
may include a request for an injunction removing the person in violation
of this chapter from the property or such other relief as may be deemed
appropriate by the court. All costs of such equity action shall be
paid by the person in violation of this chapter and may be imposed
by the court as an additional penalty to those imposed above.
Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Township to issue
an occupancy permit may appeal to the Board of Supervisors for relief
on forms provided by the Township and upon payment of a fee set by
the Township.