A. 
Proposals for amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal may be initiated by the governing body or by the Planning Commission.
B. 
In case of an amendment other than that prepared by the Planning Commission, the governing body shall submit each such amendment to the Planning Commission for recommendations at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing on such proposed amendment. At least 30 days prior to the hearing on the amendment, the municipality shall also submit the proposed amendment to the Bucks County Planning Commission for recommendations.
C. 
Within 30 days after adoption, the governing body shall forward a certified copy of any amendment to this chapter to the Bucks County Planning Commission.
A. 
Before voting on the enactment of an amendment, the governing body shall hold a public hearing. No amendment shall become effective until after such hearing at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard.
B. 
Notice shall be given once each week for two successive weeks, the first notice being not more than 30 days, and the second notice not less than seven days in advance of such hearings and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and shall include either the full text of the proposed amendment, or the title and a brief summary, prepared by the municipal solicitor and setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail. If the full text is not included:
(1) 
A copy shall be supplied to a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at the time the public notice is published.
(2) 
An attested copy of the proposed ordinance shall be filed in the County Law Library or other County office designated by the County Commissioners.
A. 
Preventative remedies. In addition to the right of the Township to enforce a violation of this chapter by means of an action in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, and other rights the Township may have at law, including actions to recover damages and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure, or premises, the Township may:
(1) 
Refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to further improve or develop any real property which has been developed or which has resulted from a subdivision of real property in violation of this chapter. This authority to deny such a permit or approval shall apply to any of the following applicants:
(a) 
The owner of record at the time of such violation.
(b) 
The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(c) 
The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such current owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the violations.
(d) 
The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(2) 
As an additional condition for issuance of a permit or the granting of approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee, or lessee for the development of real property which was subdivided in violation of this chapter, the Township may require compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time the applicant acquired an interest in such property.
B. 
Enforcement remedies. Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated the provisions of this chapter, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the municipality in District Justice Court, shall pay a judgment of $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the municipality as a result thereof. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the Magisterial District Judge determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
C. 
In the event of a violation of this chapter, the Township may also elect to pursue equitable remedies and any remedies deemed appropriate under the Municipalities Planning Code[1] by a court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.