[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring 8-25-1975 by Ord. No. 124 (Ch. XIV, Part 2, of the 2013 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto:
NUISANCE
Any use of property within the Township of Spring or any condition upon any property within the said Township that, other than infrequently or occasionally, shall cause or result in annoyance or disturbance to persons beyond the boundaries of such property; interference to the health and/or safety of persons beyond the boundaries of such property; and/or disturbance to or interference with the peaceful use of the property of others in the Township, in any case taking into consideration the location of the use or condition, and the nature and condition of the surrounding neighborhood.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
Any person who shall create or maintain any nuisance anywhere within the Township of Spring shall, within 10 days after notice from the Board of Supervisors to do so, remove or abate such nuisance. If such person shall fail, neglect or refuse to remove or abate such nuisance within such time limit, the Board of Supervisors shall have authority, in person or by its agents and/or employees, to cause the removal or abatement of such nuisance, and in so doing, shall have authority to enter upon the property of such person in default. Thereupon, the Board shall collect the cost and expense of such abatement or removal, from the person who created and/or maintained such nuisance, such person having failed, neglected or refused to remove or abate such nuisance, in the manner provided for the collection of municipal claims or by an action of assumpsit without the filing of a claim. Provided: such cost and expense may be in addition to any penalty imposed under § 285-4 of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be subject to the penalty provisions of § 1-12, Summary offenses, of the Code of the Township of Spring, provided that each violation of any provision of this chapter, and each day the same is continued, shall be deemed a separate offense.
This chapter shall not be construed to be the sole means for abatement of nuisances within the Township of Spring, and nothing shall preclude any person from proceeding individually or with other injured persons, to effect the abatement of a private nuisance. Furthermore, in the exercise of the powers herein conferred, the Township may institute proceedings in courts of equity.