[Adopted 8-15-2007 by Ord. No. 2965]
No person shall erect, cause to be erected, otherwise place
or cause to be otherwise placed any fixed structure or other object
of a semipermanent nature in any way connected to any commercial use
anywhere in any public right-of-way within the Township except by
agreement with the Township. The Township may charge any such person
as it deems appropriate in connection with any such agreement. For
the purpose of this section, an object shall be of a semipermanent
nature if it is connected to a commercial use and left in the public
right-of-way when such use is not in operation.
No person shall erect, cause to be erected, otherwise place
or cause to be otherwise placed any structure or object of any nature
in any portion of the public right-of-way dedicated to vehicular traffic
without the prior approval of the Township. In addition to any penalty
hereunder, the Township is hereby empowered to remove any structure
or object left in any portion of the public right-of-way dedicated
to vehicular traffic without prior Township approval.
No person shall erect, cause to be erected, otherwise place
or cause to be otherwise placed any structure or object of any nature
in any location in the public right-of-way dedicated to pedestrian
traffic that would block such traffic or otherwise make it unsafe
for pedestrians to traverse such area.
Nothing set forth herein shall forgive any person or entity
who enters into any agreement with the Township in accordance with
the terms hereof from complying with all other applicable laws, rules
or regulations of any governmental entity with any authority over
any fixed structure or other object subject to such agreement.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
This article 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 article. Each subsection of this article
that is violated shall constitute a separate violation of this article.
The Mayor or his designee is hereby authorized to execute any
agreement he deems necessary or proper to carry forth the intent of
this article.
