[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to move into or remove from the Borough of Prospect, or to have his
personal property moved into or removed from any premises in the Borough,
without first having reported his intention to do so to the Tax Collector
and Borough Secretary, who shall make record of the proposed move
and furnish the person making the report with a statement, on a form
supplied by the Borough, which shall contain the following information:
(1) In the case of a person proposing
to occupy any premises in the Borough, his name, the location of the
premises, the name and address of the owner of the premises, the nature
of the proposed use of the premises, and if for residential purposes,
the names and ages of the new occupants.
(2) In the case of a person proposing
to move from any premises in the Borough, his name and address, the
expected date of departure and the names and ages of other members
of his household who are moving from the premises at the same time.
B. In the case of rental property,
the landlord or superintendent, proprietor or other person in charge
of the property shall be responsible for notifying the Tax Collector
and Borough Secretary of the names of new and departing tenants.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to transport or remove his own personal property, or the property of another person who is moving into or removing from a house, dwelling or other building in the Borough, unless the person who is moving or removing shall first have made the report as required in §
168-1. It shall be the duty of every person transporting or moving the personal property of himself or another person to or from any premises in the Borough to ascertain that the person whose property is to be transported or moved has made that report and for that purpose may ask to see the Tax Collector's and Borough Secretary's statement referred to in §
168-1.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any owner
of tangible personal property held for the purpose of manufacturing
in the ordinary course of his business, or held for the purpose of
sale or resale in the ordinary course of his business, to obtain any
permit to transport or remove that tangible personal property from
or to any storehouse, warehouse or usable place of business; and nothing
in this article shall be construed as to require any hotel, lodging
house or rooming house to obtain any permit for the use of transient
guests, or to require transient guests to obtain a permit.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding 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 court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement
under this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County.