§ 51.999 PENALTY.

   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.

   (B)   (1)   Any person who shall violate §§ 51.001 to 51.005 shall be subject, by appropriate criminal action for the enforcement of summary offenses under the state’s Rules of Criminal Procedure pursuant to § 1601 of the Second Class Township Code, being 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 through 750.20a, as amended, 53 P.S. § 66601, to a fine of not more than $1,000, and imprisonment to the extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses, together with costs of prosecution in each case. Each day that a violation shall continue shall be deemed and shall be taken to be a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.

      (2)   Fines and costs imposed under provisions of §§ 51.001 to 51.005 shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.

      (3)   Sections 51.001 to 51.005 may also be enforced by the township, or the authority on its behalf, through an action in equity brought in the County Court of Common Pleas.

   (C)   Any person who violates any provision of § 51.025 shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 and costs, and in default of said fine and costs to undergo imprisonment in the county prison for a period not in excess of 30 days.

   (D)   (1)   Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 51.040 to 51.042 shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties authorized pursuant to §§ 13 and 13.1 of the Act, being 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 through 750.20a, as amended.

      (2)   In addition to the penalties for non-compliance set forth in division (D)(1) above, it is further provided that all of the civil and equitable remedies set forth in §§ 12, 14, and 15 of the Act (35 P.S. §§ 750.12, 750.14, and 750.15), as amended, shall be applicable to violations of §§ 51.040 to 51.042.

   (E)   Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 51.070 to 51.073 or of the state’s Sewage Facilities Act, being 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 through 750.20a, which is incorporated herein by reference, or the rules, regulations, and standards promulgated thereunder or resist or interferes with any inspector or other officer, agent, or employee of this municipality in the performance of his or her duties under §§ 51.070 to 51.073 shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before any Justice of the Peace in the county, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 and costs and of not more than $300 and costs, or in default thereof shall be confined in the county jail for a period of not more than 30 days.

(Ord. passed - -; Ord. 21, passed 6-26-1968; Ord. 92-1, passed 3-10-1992; Ord. 1995-2, passed 8-29-1995; Ord. 2005-1, passed 2-22-2005)