Every person, firm or corporation desiring to operate a privately
owned parking lot shall make an application to the Secretary of the
Township for a permit upon a form prescribed, prepared and furnished
by the Secretary, which application shall give the name and address
of the owner of the land, the name and address of the person desiring
to operate the parking lot (if it be other than the owner), the location
of the parking lot and its area in square feet, and such other information
as the Secretary shall properly require. The permit shall be good
for one year from the date of its issuance.
[Amended 2-3-1970 by Ord.
No. 2105; 12-7-1988 by Ord. No. 2729; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art I)]
The applicant at the time of making the application shall pay
a permit fee in the sum as set from time to time by the Township Council.
[Amended 2-3-1970 by Ord.
No. 2105; 2-6-1985 by Ord. No. 2644; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art I)]
This chapter shall be enforced by the filing of a civil complaint
or by such other means as may be provided by the Pennsylvania Rules
of Civil Procedure. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any
building, housing, property maintenance, health, fire or public safety
code shall, upon being found liable in a civil proceeding, be ordered
to pay a penalty of not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution,
plus all Township attorneys' fees incurred in the prosecution of the
civil case. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any other
ordinance shall, upon being found liable in a civil proceeding, be
ordered to pay a penalty of not more than $600, plus the costs of
prosecution, plus all Township attorneys' fees incurred in the prosecution
of the civil case. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute
a separate violation of this chapter. Each subsection of this chapter
that is violated shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.
[Added 9-4-1956 by Ord.
No. 1265]
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to parketerias or
to parking lots at which no charge is made for the parking of automobiles.