[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Falls Township 7-5-1949;
amended in is entirety 12-1-1977 by Ord. No. 77-9. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation, partnership,
unincorporated association or entity whatsoever to accumulate or to permit
the accumulation of garbage or rubbish or the storage of abandoned or junked
automobiles or the carrying on of any offensive manufacture or business which
would create a public nuisance within the limits of the Township of Falls,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
A "nuisance" is an unreasonable use of property which causes injury
or damage to another in the legitimate enjoyment of his rights of person or
property.
The Board of Supervisors, following 10 days' written notice to the owners
or occupants to abate any such nuisance, may proceed to abate the nuisance
and recover the cost of doing so in a summary proceeding or in the manner
provided for the collection of municipal claims or by an action of assumpsit
without filing a claim or by a proceeding in equity.
[Amended 7-28-1988 by Ord.
No. 88-13; 1-25-2001 by Ord.
No. 2001-1]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates or permits a violation
of this chapter shall be guilty of a summary violation and, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus all court costs,
including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement
of this chapter. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
In default of the payment of any fine, the defendant shall be sentenced to
imprisonment to the extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses.
Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized
to file a citation for such summary violation and seek any other available
relief at law or equity, including injunction, to enforce compliance with
this chapter.
