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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 16:32:08+00:00

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§ 1-3 Repeal of legislation not contained in Code.
§ 1-9 Filing of copies of Code.
§ 1-16 Violations and penalties.
Pursuant to Section 1601(d) [53 P.S. § 66601(d)] of the Second Class Township Code, the codification of a complete body of legislation for the Township of Worcester, County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into titles, chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 150, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the Township of Worcester, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Code of the Township of Worcester," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and resolutions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Worcester, and it is the intention of said Board of Supervisors that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reenacted and reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below, and only new or changed provisions, as described in § 1-6 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the effective date of this Code, as provided in § 1-15 below.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township of Worcester and in force on the date of the adoption of this Code and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-15 below, except as hereinafter provided.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to February 21, 1996.
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance, brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the Township.
Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the Township or other instruments or evidence of the Township's indebtedness.
An ordinance establishing water, sewer or other special purpose districts and designating the boundaries thereof; providing for a system of sewers or water supply lines; or providing for the construction, extension, dedication, acceptance or abandonment of any part of a system of sewers or water supply lines.
All ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature adopted subsequent to the date given in § 1-4A and/or prior to the date of adoption of this ordinance are hereby deemed to be a part of the Code and shall, upon being printed, be included therein. Attested copies of all such ordinances and resolutions shall be temporarily placed in the Code until printed supplements are included.
Nonsubstantive grammatical changes. In compiling and preparing the ordinances and resolutions of the Township for adoption and revision as part of the Code, certain nonsubstantive grammatical and style changes were made in one or more of said ordinances and resolutions. It is the intention of the Board of Supervisors that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances and resolutions so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.
Substantive changes and revisions. In addition to the changes and revisions described above, changes and revisions of a substantive nature are hereby made to various ordinances and resolutions included in the Code as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof. These changes are made to bring provisions into conformity with the desired policies of the Board of Supervisors, and it is the intent of the Board of Supervisors that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the legislation so changed have been previously formally amended to read as such. All such changes and revisions shall be deemed to be in effect as of the effective date of the Code specified in § 1-15.
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-6B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 150." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Township offices.
The term "Justice of the Peace" is hereby changed to "District Justice."
The term "Department of Environmental Resources" is hereby changed to "Department of Environmental Protection."
The term "Department of Highways" is hereby changed to "Department of Transportation," and the abbreviation "PDH" is hereby changed to "PennDOT."
Three copies of the Code in a post-bound volume shall be filed with the Ordinance Book in the office of the Township Secretary and shall remain there for use and examination by the public. Upon adoption, such copies shall be certified to by the Township Secretary, as provided by law, and such certified copies shall remain on file in the office of the Township Secretary, available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Supervisors to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the Code shall be understood and intended to include such changes. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the post-bound book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Township Secretary or someone authorized and directed by him or her to keep up-to-date the certified copies of the book containing the Code required to be filed in the office of the Township Secretary for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all legislation adopted by the Board of Supervisors subsequent to the effective date of this codification which the Board of Supervisors shall adopt specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new legislation are printed as supplements to said Code books, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
The Township Secretary, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published in the manner required a notice of the introduction and of the adoption of the Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. The enactment and application of this ordinance, coupled with the publication of the notices of introduction and adoption, as required by law, and the availability of copies of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, or to alter or tamper with the Code or any part or portion thereof, in any manner whatsoever, which will cause the law of the Township to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days.
The provisions of this ordinance and of the Code adopted hereby are severable, and if any clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment or decision shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation and application to the clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Board of Supervisors that this ordinance and the Code would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof had not been included therein.
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in force and effect on and after August 21, 1996.
Fines and penalties for violations of all ordinances of Worcester Township heretofore and hereafter enacted in the nature of building, housing, property maintenance, health, fire or public safety codes or ordinances and for water, air and noise pollution violations shall not exceed $1,000 for each violation, as well as attorney's fees and costs. Enforcement shall be by legal action brought by a Township official on behalf of the Township before a District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. In addition to or instead of enforcement of summary offenses, the Township may also enforce ordinances through an action in equity brought in the Court of Common Pleas.
Excepting those ordinances enumerated in § 1-18A hereof, fines and penalties for violations of all other ordinances of Worcester Township heretofore or hereafter enacted shall not exceed $600 for each violation, as well as attorney's fees and costs. Enforcement of ordinances under this subsection shall be by a civil enforcement proceeding initiated by a Township official on behalf of the Township. The civil enforcement proceeding shall be initiated by complaint or by such other means as may be provided by the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.
A separate offense shall arise for each day or portion thereof in which a violation of a Worcester Township ordinance is found to exist or for each section of a Township ordinance which is found to have been violated.
In addition to any other remedies provided by law, proceedings for the violation of ordinances of Worcester Township and for the collection of fines and penalties and the municipality's attorney's fees, to the extent permissible by law, imposed hereby shall be by suit or summary proceeding brought in the name of Worcester Township before the District Justice having jurisdiction and may be commenced by warrant or by summons, at the discretion of the District Justice before whom the proceeding is commenced. No warrant shall be issued except upon complaint on oath or affirmation specifying the ordinance for the violation of which the same is issued. All fines and penalties collected for the violations of Township ordinances shall be paid over to the Township treasury. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, said person may be sentenced and committed to the county prison for a period not exceeding 30 days.
This article shall not affect, amend, modify or repeal the provisions of the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 87, Disorderly Practices; Ordinance No. 74, the Worcester Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance; Ordinance No. 100, The Worcester Township Zoning Ordinance.
Editor's Note: See Ch. 150, Zoning.
This article will not affect, amend, modify or repeal any provisions of the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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