(a) Any person, corporation or other entity who or which violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a summary offense punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or a term of incarceration not to exceed thirty days, in addition to all court costs, expenses and attorney fees incurred by the Township.
(b) Each day that the violation of this chapter occurs or continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(c) If any building, structure or land is, or is proposed to be, erected, constructed, maintained or used in violation of this chapter, or any cease operations order or similar order issued by the Building Inspector, the Board of Commissioners, its authorized representative and/or the Building Inspector/Zoning Officer may, in addition to other remedies, institute in the name of the Township any and all appropriate civil, equitable or administrative proceedings or causes of action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate such building, structure or land use, or to prevent in or about such premises any act, conduct, business or use constituting a violation of either this chapter or an order of the Building Inspector/Zoning Officer by any person, partnership, corporation or other entity who or which owns, maintains, possesses or otherwise has control of the offending building, structure or land.
The Township Commissioners or their authorized representative and/or the Building Inspector/Zoning Officer may, in addition to the civil, equitable and administrative remedies authorized above, commence a civil enforcement proceeding in the name of the Township against any person, partnership, corporation or other entity, which has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of this chapter or any order of the Building Official/Zoning Officer, and upon a finding of liability against a defendant in any such civil enforcement proceeding, shall require the payment of a judgment of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), in addition to all court costs, expenses and attorneys' fees incurred by the Township as a result of such action.
The Township Commissioners or their authorized representative and/or the Building Inspector/Zoning Officer may bring such actions within any court recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Each day that a violation of this chapter or any order of the Building Inspector/Zoning Officer occurs or continues shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.
(Ord. 00-2. Passed 5-15-00.)