§ 10.99 GENERAL CODE PENALTY; COMPLICITY.
   (A)   All township ordinances previously enacted which provide for fines for violation of a building, housing, property maintenance, health, fire or public safety code or ordinance, and for water, air and noise pollution violations, and for the violation of any other township ordinance shall hereinafter be enforced in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the township before a District Justice with jurisdiction. Notice of such civil enforcement proceeding shall be made in accordance with the applicable Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. If a defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the municipality may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rule of Civil Procedure.
   (B)   For all township ordinances governing a building, housing, property maintenance, health, fire or public safety code, and for water, air and noise pollution violations, each such violation shall carry a fine not exceeding $1,000 per day during which such violation shall continue, plus all court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the township in enforcing the violation. For all other township ordinances, the maximum fine shall be not more than $600 per day during every day in which such violation shall continue.
Statutory reference:
   Ordinances; penalty, see 53 P.S. § 66601