A. 
The Township Supervisors may, from time to time on their own motion revise, modify, or amend these regulations in order to increase their effectiveness or to expedite the approval of subdivision and land development plans.
B. 
Any revisions, modifications, or amendments to these regulations shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by law, after a public hearing on the proposed revisions, modifications, or amendments, held pursuant to public notice in accordance with the provision of Act 247, Section 505 or any amendments thereto.[1]
In addition, in the case of amendment other than that prepared by the Township Planning Commission, the Township Supervisors shall submit each amendment to the Township Planning Commission and County Planning Commission for recommendation at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing on such proposed amendment.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10505.
A. 
Enforcement remedies.
(1) 
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township, pay a judgement of not more than $500, plus all court costs, reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Township as a result thereof. No judgement shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgement, the Township may enforce the judgement pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. 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 provisions of this 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 and thereafter each date that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
(2) 
The Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas, upon petition, may grant an order to stay, upon cause shown, tolling the per diem judgement pending a final adjudication of the violation and judgement.
(3) 
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than the Township the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.
(4) 
Jurisdiction. The Magisterial District Judge having jurisdiction within the Township shall have initial jurisdiction in proceedings brought under this section.
B. 
Preventative remedies.
(1) 
In addition to other remedies, the municipality may institute and maintain appropriate actions by law or in equity to restrain, correct or abate violations, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure, or premises. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.
(2) 
The Township may 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 form a subdivision or land development of real property in violation of any provision of this chapter; such authority to deny 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 violation.
(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.
As an additional condition for issuance of a permit or the granting of an approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee or lessee for the development of any such property, the Township hereby requires compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time the applicant acquired an interest in such real property.
Should any article, section, subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase, or provision of this chapter be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole or any part or provision thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid or unconstitutional.