[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Shippensburg Township 10-5-1991 by Ord. No. 91-2. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, 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.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Board of Supervisors of Shippensburg Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
LOCAL AGENT
The person that is the representative of the owner(s) of rental property and is responsible for compliance with code and ordinance provisions of the Township of Shippensburg and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is authorized by the owner(s) to accept legal process as it relates to said property. The person designated as manager for rental property shall be the same person named as such in accordance with Shippensburg Township Ordinance No. 2015-01, as amended.[1]
[Added 2-5-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-02; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
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 enjoyment of his or her 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.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 333, Rental Property, Art. I, Landlord Registration, of this Code.
Nuisances, including but not limited to the following, are hereby declared to be illegal:
A. 
Storing or accumulating the following:
(1) 
Garbage, rubbish, trash, or debris;
(2) 
Junk material (including but not limited to unused or abandoned machinery, equipment, or appliances);
(3) 
Other junk (including but not limited to any and all forms of waste and refuse of any type of material, including scrap metal, glass, industrial waste and other salvageable materials.
B. 
Motor vehicles.
(1) 
Storing or accumulating abandoned or junked motor vehicles;
(2) 
Storing or accumulating unregistered or unlicensed motor vehicle or vehicles, neither sheltered by a building nor enclosed behind an evergreen or solid fence of a minimum height of eight feet, for a period of more than 180 days, unless a licensed motor vehicle dealer.
C. 
Drainage or flowing, or allowing to drain or flow, by pipe or other channel, whether natural or artificial, any foul or offensive water or drainage from sinks, bathtubs, wash stands, lavatories, water closets, swimming pools, privies or cesspools of any kind or nature whatsoever, or any other foul or offensive water or foul or offensive drainage of any kind, from property along any public highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley in the Township into or upon any said highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley; or from any property into or upon any adjoining property.
D. 
Draining or flowing, or allowing to drain or flow, any water or drainage from within dwellings situate upon property along any public highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley in the Township into or upon the cartway or traveled portion of any said highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley, except where provision has been made in said cartway or traveled portion for said drainage by means of a drainage ditch or otherwise.
E. 
Burning garbage, rubbish or trash without a permit.
F. 
Permitting or allowing any well or cistern to be or remain uncovered.
G. 
Maintaining or causing to be maintained upon any unenclosed porch or exterior attachment which is visible from any public roadway, furniture other than furniture designed for exterior use, which is commonly intended for use inside a dwelling (including, but not limited to, upholstered sofas, chairs, davenports, beds, divans, and the like).
H. 
Weeds, grass or other uncultured vegetation not edible or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose more than one foot in height when measured from the surface of the ground.
[Added 7-5-1997 by Ord. No. 97-7]
[Amended 7-5-1997 by Ord. No. 97-7; 2-5-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-02; 10-1-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-07]
A. 
The Township Enforcement Officer or his/her designee shall tour the Township on Monday and Friday each and every week to identify nuisances. No notices shall be sent by the Township to the owner/local agent/occupiers of the properties on which a nuisance is discovered. Township employees shall immediately take whatever action is necessary to mitigate or abate any identified nuisances. The owner/local agent/occupier of the property on which the nuisance existed shall be billed for all costs and expenses incurred to resolve the nuisance, including but not limited to material, equipment, fees and labor, plus a surcharge of 25%.
B. 
The owner shall be responsible for payment of all bills sent for nuisance mitigation. The existence of a local agent shall not relieve the owner from liability under this chapter.
[Amended 7-5-1997 by Ord. No. 97-7; 2-5-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-02; 10-1-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-07; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof 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 sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation plus costs of prosecution, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees, or, upon default of payment of fines, costs and/or restitution, by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day upon which a violation exists shall constitute a new and separate violation of this chapter.