Borough Council shall establish, from time to time, fees and
charges for all permits and applications required by this chapter.
This schedule, along with an explanation of the collection procedure,
shall be posted in the offices of the Borough Manager. All fees and
charges shall be adopted by resolution of Borough Council at any regular
or special meeting.
The Property and Planning Committee shall be appointed by Borough
Council as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code and Borough Ordinance No. 405.
Under the terms of the Zoning Ordinance, the Property and Planning
Committee shall perform the following duties:
A. Prepare an annual report to Borough Council outlining any substantive
or administrative problems that have been identified in the ordinance
along with recommended changes to correct the problems; and any recommended
changes in the ordinance to reflect changes in development conditions,
land uses, population, public services and facilities or similar conditions.
B. Prepare and make recommendations to Borough Council on proposed amendments
to the Zoning Ordinance and Map.
C. Review and make recommendations to Borough Council on conditional
use applications.
D. Review and make recommendations to Borough Council on applications
for planned residential developments.
E. Review and make recommendations to the Zoning Hearing Board on applications
for variances or special exceptions.
F. Provide technical and consultative assistance to other Borough boards,
commissions, and officials in exercise of their duties relating to
this chapter.
G. Maintain accurate and current records of all actions taken in relation
to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance.
In case any building, structure, or land is, or is proposed
to be, erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, maintained,
or used in violation of their ordinance; the Zoning Officer, with
the approval of the Borough, may institute in the name of the Borough
any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct
or abate such building, structure or use of land, or to prevent, in
or about such premises, any act, conduct, business or use constituting
a violation. These remedies shall be in addition to any other remedies
provided by law.
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated
or permitted the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Borough of Blawnox, pay a judgment of not more than
$500, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred
by the Borough of Blawnox 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 District Justice. If the defendant neither pays
nor timely appeals the judgment, the Borough of Blawnox 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 District Justice determining that there has been a violation
further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person,
partnership or appropriation 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 District Justice,
and thereafter, each day that a violation continues shall constitute
a separate violation. All judgments, costs and reasonable attorneys'
fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid over
to the Borough of Blawnox.
This chapter shall become effective upon adoption by Blawnox
Borough Council.