[Ord. No. 48, 11/13/1984, § 1]
For the purposes of this Part, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number, and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
DANGEROUS OR DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS
All buildings or structures which have any or all of the following defects shall be deemed dangerous or dilapidated buildings within the meaning of this Part:
1. 
Those which have been damaged by fire, wind or other causes so as to have become dangerous to the life, safety, morals or the general health and welfare of the occupants of the people of this Township.
2. 
Those which have become or are so dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary or which so utterly fail to provide the amenities essential to decent living that they are unfit for human habitation or are likely to cause accidents, sickness or disease so as to constitute a threat to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the citizens of this Township.
3. 
Any building which has deteriorated to the state where it is dangerous and unsafe for human occupancy, constitutes a fire hazard and endangers surrounding buildings or properties, shelters rats or other vermin or endangers the safety of children playing thereabouts.
4. 
Those which because of their general condition are unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the people of this Township.
NUISANCE
The unreasonable, unwarrantable or unlawful use of public or private property which causes injury, damage, hurt, inconvenience, annoyance or discomfort to any person in the legitimate use of his reasonable rights of person or property.
OWNER
A person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge of any premises within the Township.
PERSON
Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
[Ord. No. 48, 11/13/1984, § 2]
All dangerous buildings, within the terms of § 4-101 of this Part, are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be repaired, vacated or demolished as hereinafter provided.
[Ord. No. 48, 11/13/1984, § 3]
Whenever it shall be reported or come to the attention of any Township official or police officer that any building or structure, completed or in the process of construction, or any portion thereof, is in a dangerous condition, such persons having knowledge thereof shall report same to the Board of Supervisors, and the Board shall immediately cause an investigation and examination to be made of such a building or structure.
[Ord. No. 48, 11/13/1984, § 4]
1. 
Whenever a dangerous or dilapidated building constituting a nuisance as defined in this Part is permitted or maintained, the Board of Supervisors shall cause written notice to be served upon the owner in one of the following ways:
A. 
By making personal delivery of the notice to the owner.
B. 
By affixing a copy of the notice to the entrance way of the premises in violation.
C. 
By mailing a copy of the notice to the last known address of the owner by certified mail.
D. 
By publishing a copy of the notice in the local newspaper once a week for three successive weeks.
E. 
The Board of Supervisors shall cause to be placed on all structures constituting a dangerous or dilapidated building a notice reading substantially as follows:
"This building has been found to be a dangerous building by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Sugarloaf. This notice is to remain on this building until it is repaired, vacated or demolished in accordance with the notice which has been given to the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee or agent of this building. It is unlawful to remove this notice until compliance is made under the terms contained in the notice given to the above named party."
2. 
Such notice shall set forth in what respects such building constitutes a nuisance and whether removal is necessary and required by the Township, or whether the premises can be corrected by repairs, alterations or by boarding, in some way confining and limiting the nuisance. Such notice shall require the owner to commence action in accordance with the terms of the notice within 21 days and thereafter to comply fully with its terms within one year, all material to be supplied and work done at the owner's expense; provided, however, that if the circumstances require immediate corrective measures within the determination of the Board of Supervisors, such notice shall require the owner to immediately comply with the terms thereof.
[Ord. No. 48, 11/13/1984, § 5]
1. 
The following standards shall be followed in substance by the Board of Supervisors in ordering repair, vacation or demolition:
A. 
If the dangerous or dilapidated building can be repaired as determined by a committee comprised of the Township Zoning Officer and at least one member of the Board of Supervisors, so that it will no longer exist in violation of the terms of this Part, it shall be ordered repaired.
B. 
If the dangerous or dilapidated building or structure is in such condition as to make it dangerous to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of its occupants, it shall be ordered to be vacated.
C. 
In any case where a dangerous or dilapidated building or structure cannot reasonably be repaired as determined by a committee as provided in Subsection 1A of this section, it shall be demolished. In cases where a dangerous or dilapidated building or structure is a fire hazard existing or erected in violation of the terms of this Part or any statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it shall be demolished.
[Ord. No. 48, 11/13/1984, § 6; as amended by A.O.]
1. 
If the owner, after receive notice refuses to comply with the terms thereof, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
2. 
The Board of Supervisors may direct the removal, repairs or alterations, as the case may be, to be done by the Township, and the cost thereof, with a penalty of 10%, may be collected from the owner of the premises by an action of assumpsit, or the Township may file a municipal claim or lien therefor against such real estate.
3. 
The Township, by means of a complaint in equity, may compel the owner to do so or seek such other relief as such court is empowered to afford.