[Adopted 11-4-1991 by Ord. No. 91-2 (Ch. 11, Part 1, of the 2006 codification)]
[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.