1. Preventative Remedies. In addition to the right of the Township to enforce a Subdivision or Land Development Ordinance violation by means of an action in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, and other rights the Township may have at law, including actions to recover damages and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure, or premises, the Township may:
A. 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 Ordinance. This 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 violations.
(4) The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
B. As an additional condition for issuance of a permit or the granting of approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee, or lessee for the development of real property which was subdivided in violation of this Ordinance, 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 property.
2. Enforcement Remedies. Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated the provisions of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the municipality in district justice court, shall pay a judgment of $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the municipality as a result thereof. 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 was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the Ordinance 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 5th day following the date of the determination of a violation by the district justice and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
3. In the event of a violation of this Ordinance, the Township may also elect to pursue equitable remedies and any remedies deemed appropriate under the Municipalities Planning Code being 53 P.S. §§ 10101 et seq. by a court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(Ord. 163, passed 2-28-2012, § 703; Ord. 172, passed 6-24-2014, § 1)