A. Unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate a provision of the Code or fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or use, erect, construct, alter, extend, repair, remove, demolish or occupy any building, structure or equipment regulated by the Code, or cause the same to be done, in conflict with or in violation of an approved plan or of a directive of the Director of Code Enforcement or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of the Code.
B. Violation penalties. Any person who violates a provision of the Code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who commits an unlawful act hereunder shall be liable to fines and penalties not exceeding $1,000, which fines and penalties may be collected by suit or summary proceeding brought in the name of the Township of Upper Dublin before any District Justice in like manner as debts of a like amount are now by law recoverable. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
C. Abatement of violation. The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the Township from instituting appropriate action to prevent unlawful construction or to restrain, correct or abate a violation or to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure or premises or to stop an illegal act, conduct, business or use of a building or structure on or about any premises.
D. Unlawful continuance. Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure after having been served with a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be deemed to have committed a violation of the Code and shall be subject to those penalties prescribed hereinabove in addition to such other legal and equitable remedies as the township may seek.
E. Disregard of unsafe notice. Upon refusal or neglect of the person served with an unsafe notice to comply with the requirements of the order to abate the unsafe condition, the legal officer or the Director of Code Enforcement shall be advised of all the facts and shall institute the appropriate action to compel compliance.