(a) 
This volume consists of all ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature of the Municipality, as revised, codified, arranged, numbered and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections, and as such shall be known and designated as the Codified Ordinances of Penn Hills, or the Penn Hills Municipal Code, for which designation "Codified Ordinances" may be substituted. Code, title, chapter and section headings do not constitute any part of the law as contained in the Codified Ordinances.
(b) 
All references to codes, titles, chapters and sections are to such components of the Codified Ordinances unless otherwise specified. Any component code may be referred to and cited by its name, such as the "Traffic Code." Sections may be referred to and cited by the designation "section" followed by the number, such as "Section 202.01."
(a) 
The Penn Hills Municipal Code may be amended or supplemented at any time and, when any amendment or supplement is adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of Council to make the same a part thereof, such amendment or supplement shall be incorporated in, and deemed a part of, the Codified Ordinances, so that a reference to the Codified Ordinances shall be understood and construed as including the Penn Hills Municipal Code and any and all such amendments and supplements.
(b) 
All amendments and supplements enacted as a part of the Codified Ordinances shall be integrated therewith by following the form of arrangement and plan set forth in the original Codified Ordinances as follows: each Code shall be subdivided into titles and/or chapters, and each chapter shall be subdivided into sections, which shall be numbered in accordance with the decimal numbering system. The numbering of all sections, except penalty sections, shall be consecutive within each chapter commencing with the first section of Chapter 202, which shall be numbered 202.01, the first "2" signifying Code 2, and the two figures "02" before the decimal signifying the chapter within the Code, and the two figures "01" after the decimal signifying the first section in Chapter 202 of the Code. Penalty sections shall be designated "99" and shall be the last section of a chapter.
(a) 
In the construction of the Codified Ordinances, the following rules and definitions shall control, excepting those inconsistent with the manifest intent of Council as disclosed in a particular provision, section or chapter:
(1) 
Administrative Service. "Administrative service" means all personnel in those units of the Municipality which are under the authority of the Manager.
(2) 
Adopting Ordinance. "Adopting Ordinance" means the ordinance of the Municipality adopting the Penn Hills Municipal Code in conformity with the Municipal Charter.
(3) 
Authority. Whenever in the Codified Ordinances authority is given to an officer or an act is required to be performed, such authority may be exercised and such act may be performed, at the instance of such officer, by a deputy or subordinate, unless contrary to law or to the clear intent of any such particular provision.
(4) 
Calendar-Computation of Time. The terms "month" and "year" mean the calendar month or year. The time expressed in days within which an act is to be done or a period is to expire shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day, unless the last day is a Sunday, in which case it shall be excluded. If time is expressed in hours, the whole of Sunday shall be excluded.
(5) 
Charter. "Charter" means the Home Rule Charter of the Home Rule Municipality of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania.
(6) 
Conjunctions. "And" includes "or" and "or" includes "and," if the sense so requires.
(7) 
Council. "Council" means the Municipal Council of the Home Rule Municipality of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania.
(8) 
County. "County" means the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
(9) 
Gender. Words importing the masculine shall extend and be applied to the feminine and neuter genders.
(10) 
General Rule. Except as otherwise provided in this section, words and phrases shall be construed according to the common usage of the language, provided, however, that technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a special meaning in the law shall be construed according to such technical or special meaning.
(11) 
Joint Authority. Words giving authority to a board, commission, authority or to three or more officers or employees or other persons shall be construed as giving authority to a majority thereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
(12) 
Keeper and Proprietor. "Keeper" and "proprietor" mean persons, firms, associations, corporations, clubs and copartnerships, whether acting by themselves or as a servant, agent or employee.
(13) 
Land and Real Estate. "Land" and "real estate" include rights and easements of an incorporeal nature.
(14) 
Law. "Law" means all applicable laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(15) 
Manager. "Manager" means the Manager of the Municipality of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania.
(16) 
Municipality. "Municipality" means the Home Rule Municipality of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania.
(17) 
Number. Words in the plural include the singular and words in the singular include the plural number.
(18) 
Oath. "Oath" includes affirmation. When an oath is required or authorized by law, an affirmation in lieu thereof may be taken by a person having conscientious scruples about taking an oath. An affirmation shall have the same force and effect as an oath.
(19) 
Ordinance. "Ordinance" means and includes any ordinance of the Municipality, including any provision of these Codified Ordinances.
(20) 
Owner. "Owner," when applied to property, includes a part owner, joint owner or tenant in common of the whole or any part of such property.
(21) 
Person. "Person" means an individual, association, club, corporation, firm, partnership, body politic or other legal entity.
(22) 
Premises. "Premises," when used as applicable to property, extends to and includes land and buildings.
(23) 
Property. "Property" includes real and personal property and any mixed and lesser estates or interests therein. "Personal property" includes every kind of property except real property; "real property" includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
(24) 
Publish. "Publish" means to print in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality the entire document or a brief summary thereof with a listing of places where copies have been filed and times when they are available for inspection.
(25) 
Reasonable Time. In all cases where provision is made for an act to be done or notice to be given within a reasonable time, it shall be deemed to mean such time only as may be necessary for the prompt performance of such act or the giving of such notice.
(26) 
Residence. "Residence" means an abode in which an officer or employee permanently resides with his family.
(27) 
Sidewalk. "Sidewalk" means any portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
(28) 
State and Commonwealth. "State" and "Commonwealth" mean the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(29) 
Street. "Street" means alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads, streets, State highways and other public ways in the Municipality.
(30) 
Tenant and Occupant. "Tenant" and "occupant" as applied to buildings or land, shall extend and be applied to any person holding a written or oral lease of, or who occupies the whole or any part of, a building or land, alone or with others.
(31) 
Tenses. The use of any verb in the present tense includes the future.
(32) 
Time. Whenever any time established in the Codified Ordinances for the taking of any action expires on a Sunday or legal holiday, such time shall not expire on such day but shall expire on the next week day.
(33) 
Unit. "Unit" means any governmental entity of the Municipality.
Each section and each part of each section of the Codified Ordinances is hereby declared to be an independent section or part of a section and notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any such section or part of a section, or any provision thereof, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining sections or parts of sections and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstance, other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby, and it is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that the Codified Ordinances would have been adopted independently of such section or part of a section so held to be invalid.
The repeal provided for in Section 202.05 shall not affect:
(a) 
Any offense or act committed or done, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any contract or right established or accruing, before the adoption of the Penn Hills Municipal Code;
(b) 
Any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money by or to the Municipality, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the Municipality, or any evidence of the Municipality's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the Municipality;
(c) 
The administrative ordinances and resolutions of Council not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of the Codified Ordinances;
(d) 
Any right, license or franchise conferred by any ordinance or resolution of Council on any person or corporation;
(e) 
Any ordinance establishing, naming, relocating or vacating any street or other public way;
(f) 
Any ordinance or part thereof providing for the establishment of positions, for salaries or compensation;
(g) 
Any prosecution, suit or other proceeding pending, or any judgment rendered, on or prior to the adoption of these Codified Ordinances;
(h) 
Any ordinance levying or imposing taxes or assessments;
(i) 
Any ordinance establishing or changing the boundaries of the Municipality; or
(j) 
Any ordinance or resolution adopted by Council after the adoption of the Codified Ordinances.
[Ord. 2176, passed 7-13-1994]
Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of these Codified Ordinances, including any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to any of the provisions of these Codified Ordinances, and including any provision of a technical or other code adopted by reference in these Codified Ordinances, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than $1,000, and, in default of the payment thereof for any reason other than indigency, shall be imprisoned not more than 30 days, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues, unless otherwise provided.