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10.Using any property or operating any business or other activity
so as to permit or cause any water to become polluted
by sewage, industrial wastes, acid, other substance, or to cause a
glare from lights, or noise of such character as to cause
annoyance to residents or
interference with the normal use of adjacent properties.
Creating or maintaining "attractive nuisances," which is the
leaving of a dangerous instrumentality which by its character is
dangerous and attractive to children and in a place frequented by
children.
Installing and/or maintaining an outside wood-burning furnace or
any facsimile thereof.
13. To park a motor vehicle or to allow that vehicle to remain
parked anywhere within the borough posted with temporary "no
parking" signs
after any significant snowfall and/or after any snow emergency
has been declared by the Mayor and during the continuance of
any such snow emergency.
The word "person" as used herein shall mean and include any
natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation,
D.As used herein, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the
feminine and the neuter.
SECTION 2: CONTINUATION OF NUISANCE
It shall be unlawful for any person to create, continue, cause,
maintain or permit to exist any nuisance as herein defined or set
forth at any placewithin the Borough.
SECTION 3: REMOVAL OR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE
Any person who creates, continues, causes, maintains or permits
to exist any nuisance at any place within the Borough shall, within
ten (10) days after notice
from Council to do so, remove or abate that nuisance. If that
person fails, neglects or refuses to abate the nuisance within the
time limit, Council shall have
authority, in person or by its agents and/or employees, to remove
or abate the nuisance, and in so doing, shall have the authority
with a valid search warrant, if
needed, to enter upon the property of the person in default.
Thereupon Council shall collect the cost and expense of the
abatement or removal from the person
who created, continued, caused or maintained the nuisance
and/or permitted it to exist, the person having failed, neglected or
refused to remove or abate the
nuisance shall pay the additional amount of ten (10%) percent, in
the manner provided for the collection of municipal claims, or by
an action in assumpsit.
Provided, the cost and expense may be in addition to any penalty
imposed hereunder.
SECTION 4: PENALTY
Any person who violates any provisions hereof shall be guilty of
an offense, and for every such offense shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than six hundred ($600.00) dollars and costs of
prosecution, and in default of payment of fine and costs, to
imprisonment for not more than hirty (30) days. Provided: each
day on which a violation shall exist or continue to exist, after
notice from Council as provided in Section 2 hereof, shall
onstitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5: ABATEMENT
Nothing herein shall preclude the Borough from instituting a
proceedings in equity to abate any public nuisance, nor shall any
person be precluded from
proceeding individually or with other injured persons in equity to
cause the abatement of a private nuisance.
SECTION 6: REPEALER
Any ordinance or portion thereof inconsistent herewith is hereby
repealed.
Section 24. In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause or
part of this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect or impair any remaining provision,
section, sentence, clause or part of this Ordinance, it being the
intent of this Borough that such remainder shall be and shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 25. All ordinances or parts of ordinances, insofar as the
same shall be inconsistent herewith, shall be and the
sameexpressly are repealed.
Section 26. This Ordinance shall become effective in accordance
with Section 103 of the Act.
DULY ENACTED AND ORDAINED this 25th day of July, 1994, by the
Council of the Borough of Millerstown, Perry County,
Pennsylvania, in lawful session duly assembled.