1. Jurisdiction. Magisterial district judges having territorial jurisdiction over Dover Township shall have initial jurisdiction over proceedings brought under subsection .2, below.
2. Enforcement Remedies.
A. Any person who has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall, upon being found liable therefore 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. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or be payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the magisterial district judge. 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 magisterial district judge determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the Chapter 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 magisterial district judge and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney’s fees collected for the violation of the Chapter shall be paid over to the Township.
B. The Court of Common Pleas of York County, 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 any person or entity other than the Township the right to commence any action at law and/or at equity for enforcement pursuant to this Section.
(Ord. 2011-05, 3/14/2011, § 1404)