[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Rapho 10-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-5. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes any individual, association, public or private corporation for profit or not for profit, partnership, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. Whenever used in any section prescribing and imposing a penalty or fine, the term "person" shall include the members of an association, partnership or firm and the officers of any public or private corporation for profit or not for profit.
No person shall continue, maintain, establish or carry on any of the following prohibited acts or activities on any public or private property in the Township of Rapho, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (the "Township") if the same are determined to be and constitute nuisances in fact:
A. 
The storage, accumulation or depositing of any abandoned or junked vehicles or parts thereof;
B. 
The storage, accumulation or depositing of any abandoned or used building materials of any kind;
C. 
The storage, accumulation or depositing of garbage, ashes, rubbish or other refuse matters;
D. 
The maintenance of any dangerous structure, including buildings or parts of buildings in a state of dilapidation or disrepair; or
E. 
Any use of land or a structure which is unreasonable or unlawful and causes injury, damage or substantial discomfort to the residents of the Township in the legitimate enjoyment of their reasonable rights.
The Zoning Officer of the Township, or his duly authorized assistants, shall serve written notice, either personally or by certified or first-class mail, on any person violating the provisions of this chapter to remove any nuisance or dangerous structure on public or private property. Upon the failure of said person to comply with such notice within 15 days after receipt thereof or to request a hearing within such time before the Board of Supervisors pursuant to the Act of December 2, 1968, P.L. 1133, known as the "Local Agency Law,"[1] the Board of Supervisors of the Township may remove or arrange for the removal of the nuisance or dangerous structure and collect the cost of such removal together with a penalty of 25% of the cost of the removal from the person failing to comply with such notice by summary proceedings or in the manner provided for the collection of municipal claims or by an action of assumpsit without the filing of a claim. The Board of Supervisors may also institute proceedings in equity to enjoin violation of this chapter.
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Editor's Note: See 2 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 551 et seq. and 751 et seq.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. Such fine and costs shall be in addition to the remedies provided in § 237-3 of this chapter and shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner provided by applicable law. All fines collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Township for the general use of the Township.
In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause or part of this chapter shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect or impair any remaining provision, section, sentence, clause or part of this chapter, it being the intent of this Township that such remainder of this chapter shall be and shall remain in full force and effect.
This chapter shall not act as a repeal of any other Township ordinances except to the extent that this chapter addresses the same conduct or condition and is directly in contradiction to such other ordinance.