[HISTORY: Adopted by Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Springfield: Article I, 1-14-1969 as Ord. No. 824;
Article II, 4-21-1987 as Ord. No. 1156. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-14-1969 as Ord. No. 824]
The ordinances of the Township of Springfield of a regulatory nature and ordinances of a general and permanent nature, as revised, consolidated, codified and rearranged into titles, chapters, sections and subsections and as set forth in Chapters 1 through 144 inclusive and an Appendix consisting of Parts I, II, III, IV and V of that certain Code entitled the "Code of the Township of Springfield," are adopted and enacted as the Code of the Township of Springfield.
This ordinance and the body of laws consolidated
and codified hereby shall be known and may be cited as the "Code of
the Township of Springfield."
All provisions of the Code of the Township of
Springfield, sometimes herein referred to as the "Code" shall be in
full force and effect on and after the effective date of this Act.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in force and in effect on the
effective date of this Act, and inconsistent with any provision of
the Code are repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance,
except as follows:
A.
Any existing resolution, ordinance or ordinances not
contained in the Code of the Township of Springfield and not inconsistent
with said Code or any provision thereof, shall remain in full force
and effect.
B.
The repeal of any ordinance shall not affect:
(1)
Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty
or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing
before the effective date of this ordinance.
(2)
Any prosecution, action, suit or other proceedings
pending, or any judgment rendered or fine imposed on or prior to the
effective date of this ordinance.
(3)
The appropriation or expenditure of money, or promise
or guaranty of payment, or transfer of funds.
(4)
The issuance and delivery of any bonds, obligations
or other instruments or evidence of indebtedness.
(5)
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
(6)
The annexation or detachment of territory.
(7)
Any ordinance authorizing local improvements.
(8)
Any ordinance or resolution authorizing the Township
of Springfield to enter into or assume a contract or contracts, or
any contract of or obligation assumed by the township.
(9)
Any provision of an ordinance or resolution of the
governing body of the township creating employments, positions or
offices and fixing duties, salaries and compensation therefor which
are not provided for in the "Code of the Township of Springfield"
and which are not in conflict or inconsistent therewith.
(10)
Any public right, right-of-way or easement acquired,
established, vacated, released or extinguished in any street, road,
highway, park or other public place within the township or any portion
thereof.
(11)
Any ordinance of the township providing for: designating,
laying out, establishing, opening, altering, widening, relocating,
straightening, establishing grade, naming or changing name, improvement,
acceptance, dedication or vacation of any street, road, highway, park
or other public place within the township, or any portion thereof.
The chapter, article and section headings and
notations of history of an ordinance which appear in bold face type
in the Code are for information purposes only and are not to be deemed
to be a part of provisions of the ordinance, of the Code or any amendment
thereto unless expressly so provided.
The provisions appearing in this Code, so far
as they are the same as those of the ordinances existing at the time
of the adoption of this Code, shall be considered as a continuation
thereof, and not as new enactments.
At least one certified copy of said Code shall
be kept on file in the office of the township. It shall be the duty
of the Township Secretary to insert in their designated places all
amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the Township
Commissioners to make the same a part of said Code, when the same
have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from said
Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the
Township Commissioners. Said certified copy of copies of the Code
shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same and
shall be considered the official Code of the Township of Springfield.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to change, or amend by additions or deletions, any part
or portion of said certified copy of the Code, or to insert or delete
pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with said Code in
any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Township of
Springfield to be misrepresented thereby. Conviction of said offense
before a Justice of the Peace shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than $10 and not exceeding $100 and, in default of payment of
said fine and costs, by imprisonment for a period of not more than
30 days. Such fine and imprisonment shall be in addition to any other
penalty imposed by any other section of the Code and shall be in addition
to any action which may be available to the township, its officials
or employees, in law, equity or otherwise, for any damage or loss
sustained by it, them or any of them or any improper action or decision
made by reason of such misrepresentation, change, addition, alteration
or deletion.
The provisions of this Code are severable, and
if any of its provisions or exemptions shall be held illegal, invalid
or unconstitutional, the decision of the Court shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions of this Code. It is hereby
declared to be the legislative intent that this Code would have been
adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional provisions or
exemptions had not been included herein.
This ordinance shall take effect upon final
passage and publication in accordance with law.
[Adopted 4-21-1987 as Ord. No. 1156]
A.
Specific penalties
[Amended 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1185]
(1)
Whenever any of the provisions of the Code of the
Township of Springfield, or any of its regulations pursuant thereto,
shall be violated by any person, persons, firm or corporation, upon
judgment against any persons by summary conviction or by proceedings
by summons before any District Justice, said person, persons, firm
or corporation shall pay a fine and penalty not exceeding $1,000 in
any instance for any violation of the following specific chapters
of the Code:
[Amended 2-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1310; 3-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1311; 5-9-1995 by Ord. No. 1314; 5-11-1993 by Ord. No. 1278; 6-9-1998 by Ord. No. 1341; 8-11-1998 by Ord. No. 1343]
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Chapter 4 - Alarm Systems
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Chapter 4A - Amusement Devices
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Chapter 20 - Building Code
[Repealed 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1418] | |
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Chapter 22 - Building Maintenance
[Added 10-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1354] | |
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Chapter 23 - Burial Regulations
[Repealed 10-13-2015 by Ord. No. 1562] | |
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Chapter 24 - Canvassing and Soliciting
[Repealed 10-13-2015 by Ord. No. 1562] | |
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Chapter 25 - Cesspools and Privy Vaults
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Chapter 26 - Certificate of Use
[Added 3-9-2004 by Ord. No. 1416] | |
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Chapter 33 - Disorderly Conduct
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Chapter 36 - Dogs and Other Animals
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Chapter 37 - Electrical Standards
[Repealed 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1418] | |
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Chapter 39 - Excavation and Filling of Ground
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Chapter 45 - Fire Prevention
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Chapter 48 - Firearms and Fireworks
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Chapter 52 - Food Establishments
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Chapter 54 - Garbage, Rubbish and Recyclables
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Chapter 65 - Hawkers, Auctioneers and Transient
Merchants
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Chapter 67 - Hitchhiking
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Chapter 68 - Hotels, Motels and Inns
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Chapter 73 - Mechanical Standards
[Repealed 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1418] | |
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Chapter 77 - Noise
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Chapter 79 - Nuisances
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Chapter 82 - Numbering of Buildings
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Chapter 89 - Parks and Playgrounds
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Chapter 96 - Plumbing Code
[Repealed 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1418] | |
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Chapter 111 - Sewers
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Chapter 114 - Shade Tree Commission
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Chapter 116 - Smoking
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Chapter 117 - Snow Emergencies, Snow Removal
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Chapter 118 - Solid Waste Management
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Chapter 120 - Streets and Sidewalks
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Chapter 126 - Swimming Pools
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Chapter 132 - Towing
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Chapter 134 - Uniform Construction Code
[Added 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 1418] |
(2)
And further, a fine and penalty not exceeding $600
for any violation of the following specific chapters of the Code:
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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
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Chapter 5 - Amusement Taxes
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Chapter 31 - Contractor Registration
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Chapter 41 - Fences and Retaining Walls
[Added 11-9-1999 by Ord. No. 1358] | |
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Chapter 59 - Guest Registers
[Superseded 5-11-2004 by Ord. No. 1417] | |
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Chapter 62 - Handbills
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Chapter 115 - Shopping Carts
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Chapter 115A - Skateboarding
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Chapter 129 - Taxes
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(3)
In addition to the above fine and penalty, any individual
or persons found guilty by proceedings before the District Justice
shall also be responsible for costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment of the fine or penalty imposed by said judgment and the
costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the county
jail for a period not to exceed 30 days.
B.
In addition to or in lieu of any other remedy herein
contained or provided by law, and whenever such person shall have
been notified by the Township Manager Secretary or other township
authority or by service of a summons of prosecution or in any other
way that he or she is committing such violation of the provision of
the Code, each day or portion thereof that he or she shall continue
such violation, after such notification, shall constitute a separate
offense, punishable by a like fine or penalty; such fines or penalties
shall be collected as like fines or penalties are now by law collected.
