This chapter regulates building, housing, property, maintenance, health, fire, public safety, air or noise pollution, and shall be enforced pursuant to 53 P.S. § 66601(d)(2).
(A) Enforcement thereof shall be by an action before a District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. The Township Solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without the consent of the District Attorney as required under Pa. R.Crim.P. No. 83(c) (relating to trial and summary cases). The Board of Supervisors hereby set a criminal fine in the amount of up to $1,000 per violation, and the costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs of prosecution, to undergo imprisonment of not more than ten days, provided, further, that each day's continuance of a violation shall constitute a separate event.
(B) The Board of Supervisors may direct the removal, repair, or alterations, as the case may be, to be done by the township and to certify the costs thereof to the Township Solicitor, the cost of such removal, repairs or alterations shall be a lien upon such premises from the time of such removal, cutting, repairs and alterations which date shall be determined by the certificate of the person doing such work, and filed with the Township Secretary-Treasurer.
(C) The township, by means of a complaint in equity, may compel the owner of the premises to comply with the terms of any notice of violation, or seek any such other relief as any such court of competent jurisdiction is empowered to afford.
(Ord. 3-2005, passed 6-2-2005)