A. 
The Board of Supervisors shall have the duty and authority for the administration and general enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, as specified or implied herein. Officials of the Township having regulatory duties and authorities connected with or appurtenant to the subdivision, use, or development of land shall have the duties and authorities for the controlling enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, as specified or implied herein or in other ordinances of the Township.
B. 
Permits required by the Township, for the erection or alteration of buildings, the installation of sewers or sewage disposal systems, or for other appurtenant improvements to, or use of, the land, shall not be issued by any Township official responsible for such issuance until he or she has ascertained that the site for such building, alteration, improvement or use is located in a subdivision approved and publicly recorded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter regulating the subdivision and development of land.
(1) 
Also, such permits shall be issued only after it has been determined that the site for such building alteration, improvement or use conforms to the site description indicated by the approved and recorded final plan or other land description acceptable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and that it is in compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter. If the building permit is issued erroneously or prior to proper approval, it is void.
C. 
The Sewage Enforcement Officer (SEO) shall require that applications for sewage disposal system permits contain all the information to ascertain that the site for the proposed system is acceptable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and the regulations of PADEP and any requirement of the Township pertaining to the issuance of such permit.
D. 
Preventive remedies.
(1) 
In addition to other remedies, the Township may institute and maintain appropriate actions by law or equity to restrain, correct or abate violations, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure or premises. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.
(2) 
The Township may refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to further improve or develop any real property which has been developed or which has resulted from a subdivision of real property in violation of this chapter. The Township's authority to deny such a permit or approval shall apply to any of the following applicants:
(a) 
The owner of record at the time of such violation.
(b) 
The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(c) 
The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such current owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(d) 
The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of the violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(3) 
As an additional condition for the issuance of a permit or the granting of an approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee or lessee for the development of any such real property, the Township may require compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time the applicant acquired an interest in such real property.
Upon submission of the plan, whether preliminary or final, as specified in this chapter, the developer shall pay to the Township the required plan fee as follows:
A. 
Preliminary plan: as established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
B. 
Final plan: as established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The fee shall include the cost for:
(1) 
Reviewing the development plan engineering details;
(2) 
Inspecting the site for conformance of survey;
(3) 
Preparing cost estimates of required improvements;
(4) 
Inspection of required improvements during installation;
(5) 
Final inspection upon completion of installation of required improvements; and
(6) 
Administrative and legal services necessary for the processing of the proposed land development plan.
C. 
Any engineering, legal, and administrative costs in excess of the amount submitted prior to approval of the final plan shall be paid by the developer upon being notified of same by the Township. Any excess paid over the amount actually required to cover such costs of the final plan shall be returned to the developer upon the completion of the required improvement.
D. 
All fees shall be payable to North Codorus Township upon billing by the Secretary of North Codorus Township.
E. 
No permits shall be issued until all fees and charges are paid in full.
Any amendment to this chapter shall only be enacted in full compliance with the procedures of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., including Article 5.
A. 
Jurisdiction. District Justices having territorial jurisdiction over North Codorus Township shall have initial jurisdiction over proceedings brought under Subsection B.
B. 
Enforcement remedies.
(1) 
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 the determination of a 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 that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the District Justice 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 District Justice and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of the chapter shall be paid over to the Township.
(2) 
The Court of Common Pleas of York County, upon petition, may grant an order of stay, upon cause shown, tolling the per diem fine pending a final adjudication of the violation and judgment.
(3) 
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant any person or entity other than the Township the right to commence any action at law and/or at equity for enforcement pursuant to this section.
The procedures for securing review of any ordinance, decision, or determination is set forth in Article X-A of the Pennsylvania MPC, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 11001-A et seq.
A. 
Parties to proceedings authorized in this chapter may utilize mediation as an aid in completing such proceedings. Mediation shall supplement, not replace, those procedures in this chapter once they have been formally initiated. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as expanding or limiting municipal police powers or as modifying any principles of substantive law.
B. 
Participation in mediation shall be wholly voluntary. The appropriateness of mediation shall be determined by the particulars of each case and the willingness of the parties to negotiate. The Township shall assure that, in each case, the mediating parties, assisted by the mediator as appropriate, develop terms and conditions for:
(1) 
Funding mediation.
(2) 
Selecting a mediator who, at a minimum, shall have a working knowledge of municipal zoning and subdivision procedures and demonstrated skills in mediation.
(3) 
Completing mediation, including time limits for such completion.
(4) 
Suspending time limits otherwise authorized in this chapter and the MPC, provided there is written consent by the mediating parties, and by an applicant or municipal decision-making body if either is not a party to the mediation.
(5) 
Identifying all parties and affording them the opportunity to participate.
(6) 
Subject to legal restraints, determining whether some or all of the mediation sessions shall be open or closed to the public.
(7) 
Assuring that mediated solutions are in writing and signed by the parties, and become subject to review and approval by the appropriate decision-making body pursuant to the authorized procedures set forth in the MPC.
C. 
No offers or statements made in the mediation sessions, excluding the final written mediated agreement, shall be admissible as evidence in any subsequent judicial or administrative proceedings.
A. 
The preexisting Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of the Township of North Codorus, as amended, is hereby repealed in total; provided, however, that this repeal shall in no manner be construed as a waiver, release, or relinquishment of the right to initiate, pursue, or prosecute, as the case may be, any proceeding at law or in equity pertaining to any act done which would have constituted a violation of the preexisting North Codorus Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, as amended.
B. 
All provisions of the preexisting North Codorus Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, and are not repealed hereby, as they pertain to such acts and to the processing of such plans filed prior to the effective date of this chapter which are protected from the effect of intervening ordinances by Section 508(4) of the MPC.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements to meet the purposes of this chapter. When provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinances or regulations, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. When provisions of any statute, or ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance, or regulation shall prevail.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall relieve the owner or developer from complying with the applicable provisions of the Township Zoning Ordinance.[1] It is the express intent of the Board of Supervisors that this Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance shall be enforceable and together foster the stated planning goals and objectives of the Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 195, Zoning.