[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person or municipality shall cause or permit to exist upon public lands, or lands which are leased or occupied, any nuisance, including but not limited to accumulations of garbage and rubbish, the outside storage of any motor vehicle(s) not bearing current and valid inspection and registration stickers, junk, the carrying on of offensive manufacturing or business, the maintenance of a building structure built or located in violation of the provisions of Chapter
170, Constructions Codes, Uniform, relating to buildings and other structures within the Township and excavation incident thereto, except junkyards as licensed by and in conformance with Chapter
200, Junkyards. However, nothing contained herein shall be construed to hinder the development of natural resources or the establishment of an industrial plant or plants for the processing of the same in Patton Township. (See Chapter
200, Junkyards, §
200-2, Definitions and interpretations.)
A person, firm, association or corporation having
the duty to remove a nuisance under the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon failure to do so within a reasonable time after notice
has been given by the Township Manager, Zoning Officer, police officer,
Code Enforcement Officer, Health Officer or Building Inspector, be
liable to the Township for the costs of the removal of such nuisance.
Also, upon conviction thereof, in a proceeding commenced before a
Magisterial District Judge pursuant to the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, shall be sentenced to a fine of not less than $35 nor more
than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and
costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, provided each
day's violation shall constitute a separate offense and notice to
the offender shall not be necessary in order to constitute an offense.