[Adopted 3-13-1978]
The owner of every apartment house and/or townhouses
situate within the Township fronting upon or along any Township street
in Mahoning Township and where said apartment house and or townhouses
has been required to provide off-street parking, is hereby required
to remove or cause to be removed from all such parking areas in front
of or alongside of such property all snow or ice thereon fallen or
formed, within five hours after the same shall have ceased to fall
or to form.
Any owner who shall fail to remove any snow
or ice from said off-street parking areas described herein and as
required by this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in
a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a
District Justice, pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $600,
plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred
by the Township in the enforcement of this article. No judgment shall
be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation by
the District Justice. 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 a violation exists shall
constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or
agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief,
including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.
