1. The Board of Township Supervisors shall have the duty and authority for the administration and general enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter, as specified or implied herein.
2. Officials of the Township having regulatory duties and authorities connected with or appurtenant to the subdivision, use or development of land shall have the duties and authorities for the controlling enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter, as specified or implied herein or in other ordinances of the Township.
3. Permits required by the Township, for the erection or alteration of buildings, the installation of sewers or sewage disposal systems, or for other appurtenant improvements to, or use of, the land, shall not be issued by any Township official responsible for such issuance until he or she has ascertained that the site for such building, alteration, improvement or use is located in a subdivision approved and publicly recorded in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter regulating the subdivision and development of land.
A. Such permits shall be issued only after it has been determined that the site for such building alteration, improvement or use conforms to the site description indicated by the approved and recorded final plan or other land description acceptable in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, and that it is in compliance with all applicable provisions of this Chapter.
B. If the building permit is issued erroneously or prior to proper approval, it is void.
4. The Sewage Enforcement Officer shall require that applications for sewage disposal system permits contain all the information to ascertain that the site for the proposed system is acceptable in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, and the rules and regulations of PADEP and any requirement of the Township pertaining to the issuance of such permit.
5. Preventive Remedies.
A. In addition to other remedies, the Township may institute and maintain appropriate actions by law or equity to restrain, correct or abate violations, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure or premises. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.
B. The Township may refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to further improve or develop any real property which has been developed or which has resulted from a subdivision of real property in violation of this Chapter. The Township’s authority to deny such a permit or approval shall apply to any of the following applicants:
(1) The owner of record at the time of such violation.
(2) The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(3) The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such current owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(4) The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of the violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
C. As an additional condition for the issuance of a permit or the granting of an approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee or lessee for the develop ment of any such real property, the Township may require compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time the applicant acquired an interest in such real property.
(Ord. 2011-05, 3/14/2011, § 1401)