The Board of Supervisors shall have jurisdiction and control of the land development, subdivision and resubdivision of land located within the Township limits. Whenever any land development or subdivision of land is proposed, before any contract for the sale, lease or use of any part thereof, and before the erection of a structure in such proposed land development and subdivision, the developer or subdividing owner or his authorized agent shall apply for and secure approval of such proposed land development or subdivision in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter.
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Creation of a Subdivision Committee. The Township Planning Commission is hereby designated as the Township Subdivision Committee, and shall have all the powers and duties vested in it by law and by this chapter.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be for any reason held void and invalid, it shall not affect the validity of any other section or provision hereof which is not itself void or invalid.
Whenever there is a difference between minimum standards or dimensions specified herein and those contained in a Zoning Ordinance or other official regulations, the highest standards shall apply.
The Board of Supervisors may from time to time adopt amendments that will tend to increase the effectiveness of this chapter or expedite the approval of plans. This chapter and amendments thereto may be changed or amended by the Board of Supervisors after a public hearing after giving due notice as required by law.
The Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission shall keep a record of the findings, decisions and recommendations relative to all plans filed with it for review and/or approval. Such records shall be open to the public.
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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.
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The municipality 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:
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The owner of record at the tie of such 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.
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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 municipality may require compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time the applicant acquired an interest in such real property.
Magisterial District Judges shall have initial jurisdiction in proceedings brought under § 450-13.
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Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated the provisions of any subdivision or land development ordinance enacted under this act or prior enabling laws shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by a municipality, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the municipality as a result thereof. No judgment 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 judgment, the municipality 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 determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating 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 the Magisterial District Judge and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
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The Court Of Common Pleas, upon petition, may grant an order to stay, upon cause shown, tolling the per diem judgment pending a final adjudication of the violation and judgment.
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Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than the municipality the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.