A. 
In addition to other remedies, Lower Windsor Township 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 land shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies provided in this chapter.
B. 
Lower Windsor Township or its Zoning and/or Building Permit Officer 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 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:
(1) 
The owner of record at the time of the violation.
(2) 
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.
(3) 
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.
(4) 
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.
C. 
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 real property, the applicant shall comply with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time he acquired an interest in the real property.
A. 
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by Lower Windsor Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay a judgment of $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by Lower Windsor Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or be payable until the date of determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment. Lower Windsor Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation unless the Magisterial District Judge 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 case 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 a Magisterial District Judge, and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
B. 
The Court of Common Pleas of York County, upon petition, may grant an order of stay, upon cause shown, tolling the per diem judgment pending a final adjudication of the violation and judgment.
C. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than Lower Windsor Township the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.
On a lot held in single and separate ownership on the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment thereto, which does not fulfill the regulations for the minimum lot area and/or lot width, a building may be erected, altered and used, providing the setback requirements are not less than the minimum required and a sewage permit may be obtained.
A. 
The Township may grant the owner of a lot a special temporary permit to place one mobile home on his lot where the same would not otherwise be permitted by the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of providing a home for one of his great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, siblings, children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren, and for such one family member's spouse and children, if:
(1) 
All structures suitable for human habitation on the lot will be used as homes for the lot owner or his great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, sibling, child, grandchild or great-grandchild, and such one family member's spouse and children; and
(2) 
Placement of the mobile home on the lot will be in conformance with the minimum building setback lines set forth in § 410-33E of this chapter and Chapter 470, Zoning; and
(3) 
Proper sewer and water service to the mobile home will be provided without the installation of any new sewage or water systems; and
(4) 
No permanent foundation for the mobile home will be constructed on the lot; and
(5) 
The lot owner agrees to remove the mobile home from his lot within 30 days after:
(a) 
His use thereof ceases to conform with any of the provisions of this section of this chapter; or
(b) 
The temporary special permit (or any renewal thereof) issued him expires; or
(c) 
The temporary special permit (or any renewal thereof) issued him is terminated by the Township because he is no longer in compliance with any of the provisions of this section of this chapter.
B. 
To obtain a special temporary permit or any renewal thereof, the lot owner shall apply for same to the Township by completing and signing an application form provided by the Township and paying to the Township the full amount of the original application or renewal application fee, which fee amounts shall be set by Township resolution and shall, in all cases, be nonrefundable.
C. 
Every special temporary permit and renewal thereof issued by the Township shall be for a period of one year or less. All applications for renewal of a temporary special permit shall be made by the holder of same at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the original special temporary permit. The Township shall renew every special temporary permit upon which application for renewal is timely made so long as the lot owner remains in compliance with all provisions of this section of this chapter.
D. 
The Township shall issue no special temporary permit under this section of this chapter without first holding a public hearing thereon, written notice of which the Township shall mail by United States Certified Mail, return receipt requested, at least seven days before the day of the hearing, to all owners, as identified by name and address in the Township real estate tax records, of all lots adjoining the lot upon which the mobile home is to be placed. No hearing or notice by the Township shall be required for any renewal of any special temporary permit.
A. 
If the literal compliance with any mandatory provision of this chapter is shown by the applicant, to the satisfaction of the majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors present at a scheduled meeting, to be 1) unreasonable or to cause unique or undue hardship as it applies to a particular property or 2) that an alternative proposal will allow for equal or better results than the ordinance requirements, the Board of Supervisors may grant a waiver from or modification of such mandatory provision, so that substantial justice may be done and the public interest secured while permitting the reasonable utilization of the property. The granting of a waiver or modification shall not have the effect of making null and void the intent and purpose of this chapter, nor does the request for a waiver or modification alter the mandatory procedural time periods for review of preliminary or final plans.
B. 
Request for a waiver or modification shall be made in writing by the applicant and shall be submitted for review by the Township Planning Commission. The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to approve or disapprove the request.
C. 
In granting a waiver or modification, the Board of Supervisors may impose such conditions as will, in its judgment, secure substantially the objectives of the standards and requirements of this chapter. Action on the waiver or modification shall be entered in the minutes of the Board of Supervisors and communicated to the applicant. Failure of the Board of Supervisors to render a decision on the request for waiver or modification and communicate it to the applicant shall be deemed to be a denial of the request.
A. 
Fees for filing and reviewing a preliminary plan, final plan, or land development plan and fees for inspection of improvements shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors which fees shall not exceed the cost charged by the Township Engineer or other reviewing consultant to Lower Windsor Township when fees are not reimbursed by or imposed on applicants. Said fees shall include the cost of the following:
(1) 
Reviewing the subdivision or land development plan and engineering details by the Township Engineer and other review consultants if necessary.
(2) 
Reviewing of cost estimates of required improvements for the purpose of posting security.
(3) 
Inspection of site for conformance to survey.
(4) 
Inspection of required improvements during installation and final inspection for completion of installation of required improvements.
B. 
Costs shall be billed to the applicant upon completion of each review phase. If fees remain unpaid after 30 days of date of invoice by Lower Windsor Township, interest shall be charged at the rate of 1 1/2% per month thereafter. No zoning/building permits shall be issued nor any subdivision or land development shall be recorded for any tract of land for which any fees required by this section remain unpaid.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
No lot in a land development shall be sold, rented, leased or conveyed in any manner; no permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon land in a land development shall be issued; and no building shall be erected in a land development until a final plan of such land development has been approved and properly recorded and until improvements have been either constructed or guaranteed.
B. 
Any person, copartnership or corporation who shall develop any lot, tract or parcel of land, layout, construct open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer or water mains, for public use or travel, or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, sell, rent, lease, or convey in any manner any lot or erect any building in a land development without first having complied with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
C. 
The Board of Supervisors may initiate and maintain civil action to obtain a writ of injunction against the owner or agency who is in violation of any provision of this chapter, or who attempts the improper sale or conveyances of land; and in proper cases to set aside and invalidate any conveyances or agreements to convey land made prior to final plan approval of any subdivision or land development.
D. 
Nothing herein shall prevent the Board of Supervisors from taking such other action necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.
The procedures for securing review of this chapter or any decision or determination thereunder is set forth in Article X-A of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[1] as enacted by Act 170 of 1988, as amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. Art. X-A.
A. 
The degree of flood protection sought by the provisions of this chapter is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on acceptable engineering methods of study. Larger floods may occur on rare occasions. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes, such as ice jams and bridge openings restricted by debris. This chapter does not imply that areas outside the floodplain or that land uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood damages.
B. 
This chapter shall not create liability on the part of the Township of Lower Windsor or any officer or employee thereof for any flood damages which result from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder.
The grant or permit or approval of a subdivision and/or land development plan shall not constitute a representation, guarantee, or warranty of any kind by the Township or by any officials or employee thereof the practicability or safety of the proposed use, and shall create no liability upon the Township, its officials or employees.
The existing Land Subdivision Regulations, adopted October 10, 1970, and entitled "Lower Windsor Township Land Subdivision Regulations" and the existing Trailer and Trailer Park Regulations, adopted September 12, 1970, and all supplements and amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements to meet the purposes of this chapter. When provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance, or regulations, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. When provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.
If any section, clause, provision or portion of this chapter shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by a recognized court of the commonwealth, such decision shall not affect the legality of the remaining sections, clauses, provisions or portions of this chapter.
A zoning/building permit or other permit or authorization issued or approved in violation of the provisions of this chapter, is void without the necessity of any proceedings for revocation. Any work undertaken or use established pursuant to such permit or other authorization is unlawful. No action may be taken by a board, agency or employee of the Township purporting to validate such a violation.
This chapter shall take effect immediately after publication of adoption according to law. Initial Subdivision Ordinance adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania, into an ordinance the 21st day of July 1978.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2012-05, in adopting this chapter, provides that it amends and incorporates all amendments to Ord. No. 78-1.