[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
(now Township Council) of the Township of Bristol 7-20-1960 by Ord. No.
346. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The owners or persons occupying ground upon
which there is operated a commercial or manufacturing use and which
abuts residential properties upon which there is erected a residence
shall be required to erect and maintain, on all abutting property
lines, a fence eight feet in height to serve as a barrier to visibility,
airborne particles, trash and nuisance.
The fence required by this chapter shall be
of a stockade type or equivalent.
The fence required by this chapter shall be
erected within 60 days from the effective date of this chapter.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
For any and every violation of the provisions
of this chapter, the owner or operator of the premises upon which
the fence is to be erected shall be liable, on conviction thereof,
to a fine or penalty not exceeding $600 for each and every offense,
which shall inure to the benefit and use of the Township with the
costs of suit, and in default of payment thereof, the violator shall
be committed to the county prison for a period not exceeding 30 days
for each and every offense. Each day's continuance of such violation
after notification shall constitute a separate offense, punishable
by a like fine or penalty. Such fines shall be collected as like fines
are now collected by law.
