[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Lansford 1-3-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-01. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall move or cause to be moved from any place within the Borough of Lansford to another place therein, or to any place beyond the limits thereof, or from any place outside the limits of the Borough of Lansford to any place within the Borough, any household goods, personal goods, equipment, machinery or commercial goods in bulk in connection with the relocation or termination of a place of business or residence, without first securing from the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Lansford, Carbon County, a permit for such moving or transportation of household or commercial goods.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation desiring a permit for the removal of or transportation of household goods, personal goods, equipment, machinery or commercial goods in the manner described in § 276-1 above shall make application to the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, setting forth his, her, its or their name or names and addresses, and also setting forth the names of the owner(s) or reputed owner(s) of the property to be moved, the address and location from which the property is to be moved and the new address or location of the place to which the property is to be moved.
The Borough Secretary of the Borough of Lansford, Carbon County shall, upon due compliance with the requirements set forth above in § 276-2, issue a permit for which a charge, as set forth from time to time by resolution of Borough Council, will be made, setting forth the name of the applicant, as well as the name or names of the owners of the personal goods, household goods, or commercial goods, equipment or machinery to be moved and the address from which the personal goods, household goods, or commercial goods, equipment or machinery are to be moved and the address to which the personal goods, household goods, or commercial goods, equipment or machinery are to be delivered.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Mayor, Code Enforcement Official, Police Department, or by any such other person as may be designated by the Borough Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or found furnishing false information to the Borough Secretary, or using false name or address, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding 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 court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County.
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 Borough that such remainder shall be and shall remain in full force and effect.