The Building Official or his designated representative shall have the power to institute any proceedings at law, in equity, or authorized by Chapter 220, Zoning, necessary for the enforcement of this chapter.
A.
The Building Official shall serve a written notice
of violation on any person in violation of this chapter, which violations
would include but not be limited to:
(1)
Failure to apply for a certificate of appropriateness or a building permit required for the erection, reconstruction, alteration, restoration, demolition, demolition by neglect (those activities set forth in Article VIII, § 130-28), or razing of any building or structure which can be seen from a public way;
(2)
Failure to comply with the conditions specified by
HARB and/or Borough Council on the certificate of appropriateness
or that are associated with any preapproved activity as designated
herein or subsequently adopted by Council upon recommendation by the
HARB.
B.
The notice shall direct the abatement of the violation. Appeals of any such notices shall be taken before the Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Columbia and shall be conducted in the manner set forth in Chapter 220, Zoning. Moreover, pursuant to Section 5 of the Act of June 13, 1961. Public Law 282, No. 167,[1] as amended, the agency charged by law or by local ordinance
with the issuance of permits for the erection, demolition or alteration
of buildings within the historic district shall have power to institute
any proceedings, at law or in equity, necessary for the enforcement
of this act or of any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto, in the same
manner as in its enforcement of other building, zoning or planning
legislation or regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 8005.
The penalty provisions of Chapter 220, Zoning, are incorporated herein by reference and adopted as the penalty provisions hereof.
The provisions of this chapter may be amended
in the future by the Borough Council upon recommendation from HARB,
after notice and a hearing as may be provided by law.
A.
Immediately upon the adoption of this chapter, the
Borough Secretary/Treasurer shall forward a copy hereof to the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission.
B.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon the
occurrence of all of the following:
