(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal or agent, who has violated or permitted violation of the Plumbing Code, shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the township, be subject to the penalty provided in § 202.99, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the township as a result thereof. No judgment or fine 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 or fine, the municipality 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 is a good faith basis for the person, partnership, firm or corporation violating said Plumbing Code 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 the violation by the District Justice and, thereafter, each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, fines, costs and reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of this Plumbing Code shall be paid over to the township.
(b) In addition to any other penalties, remedies, revocations or sanctions imposed by this chapter, whoever fails to have the necessary permits as set forth and required by this chapter 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; and
(3) For a third or subsequent offense, the violator shall be fined an amount set forth by the Board of Commissioners in the fee resolution.
(Ord. 705, passed 12-16-1992; Ord. 860, passed 5-21-2008)