In addition to all other remedies available to the township under the Township Code, Title 15 and § 156.001 et seq., the Zoning Officer may issue a stop-work order in accordance with the following:
(A) Where any owner, lessee, tenant, contractor or any other person or persons is violating the provisions of this chapter by excavating, removing soil, clearing the site or placing any fill on the site without, in each instance, first obtaining all required permits and approvals and posting all required guaranties and escrows, the Zoning Officer or his designee may issue an immediate stop-work order to cease all activities which are in violation of this chapter.
(B) Any owner, contractor or other person or persons interested as lessee, tenant or otherwise, in any building or premises who refused to stop work immediately may be subject to the penalty provisions of § 156.041(A) above.
(C) Each and every day that such violation continues after such notice shall be deemed a separate and specific violation of this chapter.
(D) If any owner, lessee, tenant, contractor or other person or persons who has excavated, removed soil from or cleared a site or who has placed fill on a site, does not obtain all required permits and approvals required under this Chapter 156 within 30 days after receipt of a stop work order, in addition to all other remedies or penalties imposed upon him/her/it under law or in accordance with this section, the owner, lessee, tenant, contractor or other person or persons in violation must restore the premises to the condition in which they existed before the violation by the replacement of any trees and shrubbery that may have been destroyed, seeding where the soil has been disturbed and restoring the premises to the previous contours and grades, all of which shall be under the direction of the Township Engineer.
(Ord. 945-99, passed 9-13-99)