[Adopted 7-24-2017 by Ord. No. 588-2017]
The following definitions apply to this article:
OWNER
Any person, agent, operator, firm, corporation, association,
or partnership, or other legal entity having a legal or equitable
interest in the property, or who has a recorded title interest to
the property as the same may have been recorded in the official records
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the County of York, or the Borough,
including, without limitation, the guardian of an estate, and the
executor or administrator of the estate, of a person if ordered to
take possession of real property by a court of competent jurisdiction.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership,
or other legal entity.
VIOLATOR
An owner or individual claiming an interest in the subject
property through the owner, including, without limitation, a tenant,
who has been alleged to have violated the applicable provisions of
the Code, as set forth in more detail herein, as amended from time
to time by Resolution of the Borough. In the event a tenant or nonowner
occupant of the subject property has caused the violation of the Code
and the issuance of a violation ticket for such violation, the Borough
may pursue the tenant, the legal and/or equitable owner of the subject
property, or both in accordance with this article, the Code, and all
other applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, ordinances,
and/or regulations.
A person in receipt of a violation ticket shall have 10 days from the service of the violation ticket, as set forth in more detail in §
214-3D(1) through
(3) herein, to pay the amount of the violation ticket. If the amount of the violation ticket is not paid within 10 days of service of the same, such failure to pay shall result in the issuance of a nontraffic citation for the offense as enumerated on the violation ticket.
The provisions of this article are severable; and if any section,
clause, sentence, part, or provision herein shall be deemed or held
to be illegal, invalid, or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision or determination shall not affect, impair,
or invalidate any of the remaining sections, clauses, sentences, parts,
or provisions of this article.