[Adopted 7-31-1972 as Ch. XXIII,
Part 3B, of the 1972 Code]
A.
PERSON
As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Includes any natural person, partnership, association, firm
or corporation.
B.
In this article, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct
or maintain any barbed wire fence along or abutting upon any street,
alley or sidewalk in the Borough of Wilkinsburg.
Any fence constructed or maintained in violation
of this article shall be removed by the owner of the property on which
such fence shall be located, within five days after notice from the
Borough Council to do so, in default of which the Council may cause
such fence to be removed and shall thereupon collect the cost of removal,
with an additional amount of 10% from such defaulting property owner.
[Amended 11-30-1994 by Ord. No. 2472]
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, for each and every such violation, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 10 days. Each day's continuance of a violation, after notice as provided in § 226-26 of this article, shall constitute a separate violation. The fine and costs imposed under this section may be collected in addition to costs of removal and additional amounts collectible under § 226-26.
B.
The Borough
may institute proceedings under this section by the issuance of a
"notice of violation letter," assessing a civil penalty ranging from
$10 to $1,000 for each offense, and provide the parties in violation
of said Code section the opportunity to abate the violation and pay
said civil penalty in lieu of the institution of proceedings and the
imposition of the other stated penalties set forth herein.
[Added 5-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2892]
