A. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with or in any way modify the provisions of any existing contracts which are in force in the Township of Chestnuthill on the effective date of this chapter.
B. 
No renewal of any existing contract upon the expiration of the original term thereof and no new contract for the collection, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of recyclables shall be entered into after the effective date of this chapter unless such renewal or such contract shall conform to the requirements of this chapter.
A. 
No person shall violate any portion of this chapter.
B. 
Prosecution under this chapter shall be instituted by any Township official, and shall be filed in the name of Township of Chestnuthill, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
C. 
Enforcement shall be by an action brought before a District Justice in the same manner as provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. The Township Solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without the consent of the District Attorney as required under Pa.R.Crim.P. No. 454(c) (relating to trial in summary cases).
D. 
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice 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 costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
E. 
All fines and penalties collected for any violation of this chapter shall be paid to the Township Treasurer.
F. 
In addition to or in lieu of an enforcement action before a District Justice, the Township may enforce this chapter in equity. In the event an abatement notice has been issued, which is being violated, or in any other appropriate circumstance, any Township official is hereby authorized on behalf of the Township to institute an action in equity for an injunction to enforce compliance herewith and/or to restrain continuous violations of this chapter.
G. 
For purposes of this section, the doing of any act or thing prohibited by any provision of this chapter, or the failure to do any act or thing as to which any provision of this chapter created an affirmative duty, shall constitute a violation of the chapter, punishable as herein stated.