(a) Any person or corporation who has violated or permitted a violation of this title 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, unless a different penalty is provided elsewhere in this title. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or 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 this title 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 this title shall be paid over to the township.
(b) The Court of Common Pleas, 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.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than the township the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.
(d) District Justices shall have initial jurisdiction over proceedings brought under this section.
(e) In addition to any other penalties, remedies, revocations or sanctions imposed by this title, whoever fails to have the necessary permits as set forth and required by this title shall be subject to the following:
(1) For a first offense, the violator shall be given a warning;
(2) For a second offense, the violator shall be fined in an amount double the cost of the permit, with such fine not to exceed those limits as legislatively imposed by the Commonwealth;
(3) For a third or subsequent offense, the violator shall be fined not more than $300.
(Ord. 896, passed 12-21-2011; Ord. 1001, passed 5-20-2020)