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Township of Raccoon, PA General Provisions
Ch 1 Art II Enforcement of Violations
§ 1-16 Enforcement of this Code.
§ 1-17 Civil fine for violation.
§ 1-18 Criminal enforcement.
Article II Enforcement of Violations
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 Raccoon, County of Beaver, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters, articles and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 185, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the Township of Raccoon, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Code of the Township of Raccoon," 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 Raccoon, 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 Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below, and only new or changed provisions, as described in § 1-6 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the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or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Township of Raccoon which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to 10-12-2004.
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-6B, the chapters, articles and sections which were amended, added, deleted or adopted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by footnotes or chapter histories referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes and histories indicating amendments, additions, deletions or adoptions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted, adopted) 3-8-2005 by Ord. No. 05-01." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Township offices.
"Justice of the Peace" or "District Magistrate" to "District Justice" and "Magistrate" to "Justice."
Fees. In the following sections, specific fee amounts are removed and revised to provide that said fees shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors: §§ 90-5, § 109-3D, 109-3H, 115-6A, 131-4, 142-5, 166-19C, 166-35A, 166-35D, 172-6, 185-29C(10).
Penalties. The following sections are amended or added, in whole or on part, to replace the existing penalty provisions with a reference to the general penalty in Chapter 1, Article II:
Civil enforcement procedure: §§ 78-7, 95-15B, 102-4, 109-11, 115-7, 131-13, 136-5, 142-6, 157-2, 157-8, 157-15, 161-58, 185-78.
Criminal enforcement procedure: §§ 106-22, 122-9, 127-6, 142-15, 146-3, 153-4, 166-24A, 166-24B, 166-40.
At least one copy 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 copy shall be certified to by the Township Secretary, as provided by law, and such certified copy 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.
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in force and effect on and after march 8, 2004.
Enforcement of this Code shall be by either civil enforcement or criminal enforcement proceeding as provided within the chapters of this Code. Unless the context of any chapter clearly indicates to the contrary, enforcement shall be civil in nature. Any civil penalty or criminal fine shall be assessed as provided in this article unless the context of another chapter of this Code indicates to the contrary.
The Raccoon Township Police Department shall be responsible for the enforcement of this Code and except as hereinafter provided, any Raccoon Township police officer is authorized to commence either civil or criminal proceedings in the name of Raccoon Township in order to enforce this Code.
Any person who is found to have violated any provision of this Code in any civil enforcement proceeding, as now or hereinafter authorized by the Second Class Township Code, as amended,[1] shall be subject to a civil fine or penalty and judgment shall be entered against such person as follows:
First violation: $200;
Second violation: $400; and
Third and subsequent violations: $600.
Provided, however, that any person against whom civil enforcement proceedings have been commenced and who admits violation of any such ordinance, which ordinance does not regulate the operation or parking of a vehicle upon public highways and roads, and the violation is a first violation subject to a fine of $200, such person shall be entitled to have the fine reduced to $100.
Any judgment entered against any person found to be liable for violation in any civil enforcement proceeding shall be in favor of Raccoon Township and may be enforced pursuant to the applicable Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, and Raccoon Township shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all court costs and its reasonable attorney fees incurred to secure, enforce and collect any such judgment as a part of such judgment.
The Raccoon Township Police Department shall not be responsible for the enforcement of the following ordinances and their enforcement shall be accomplished by commencement of civil enforcement proceedings by the Township official identified herein, which civil enforcement proceedings shall be filed in the name of the Township in order to assess civil liability. Any judgment entered against any person found to be liable for violation of any such ordinance shall be in favor of Raccoon Township and may be enforced pursuant to the applicable Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, and Raccoon Township shall be entitled to be reimbursed all court costs and its reasonable attorney fees incurred to secure, enforce and collect any such judgment as a part of such judgment. The ordinances and officials are as follows:
Chapter 185, Zoning, as amended, shall be enforced as provided in said chapter;
Chapter 161, Subdivision and Land Development, as amended, shall be enforced as provided in said chapter provided, further, that Article XVII, Mobile Home Parks, of Chapter 161, as amended, shall be enforced by the Supervisors and/or the Raccoon Township Code Enforcement Officer;
Chapter 142, Article I, Sewage Disposal Systems, as amended, which ordinance, as amended, regulates the installation and operation of on-lot sewage disposal systems, shall be enforced by the Supervisors and/or the Raccoon Township Sewage Enforcement Officer.
Notwithstanding Subsection A of § 1-17 hereof, the fine for violations of the following ordinances shall be as follows:
Chapter 185, Zoning, as amended: $500, in accordance with 53 P.S. § 10617.2 of the Municipalities Planning Code.
Chapter 161, Subdivision and Land Development, as amended: $500, in accordance with 53 P.S. § 10515.3 of the Municipalities Planning Code.
Chapter 142, Article I, as amended, which ordinance, as amended, regulates the installation and operation of on-lot sewage disposal systems: $1,000.
Further, no person found to have been in violation of the forgoing ordinances shall be entitled to a reduction of the civil penalty provided for herein.
Violations of any ordinance that regulates the operation or parking of a vehicle upon public highways and roads shall be subject to the penalties provided in the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Whenever any ordinance provides that each day's violation thereof shall constitute a separate offense, said provision or provisions shall not be affected by this article and each day's violation shall continue to constitute a separate offense.
When any chapter of this Code shall provide that a violation is criminal in nature, any person who violates or permits a violation of such chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant ("accused," "person," "violator") may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of the chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.