[Amended 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 3-2009]
It shall be a violation of this chapter to undertake any action which is contrary to the terms of this chapter, including but not limited to the failure to obtain a permit as stipulated in Articles
VIII and
XI.
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 Township, pay a judgment of
not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney
fees incurred by the Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall
commence or be imposed, levied, or be payable until the date of determination
of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township 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 Magisterial District Judge determining that there has been
a violation further determines that there was a good-faith basis for
the person, partnership or corporation violating the 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 Magisterial
District Judge. Thereafter, each day that a violation continues shall
constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs and reasonable
attorney fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall be
paid over to the Township.
The granting of any permit under this chapter
shall create no liability upon, nor a cause of action against, any
Township official or employee for damages or injury that may occur
from the use, construction or enlargement of structures or the use
of land.