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109.5 Violation penalties. A fine in an amount not less than $250.00 and not more than $1,000.00 shall be imposed upon any person or entity found by a Magisterial District Judge to have violated any provision of this Code. The fine for a third or greater violation shall be in an amount not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00.

109.5.1 Penalty - Unauthorized Tampering. Where a person found to have violated this Code also violated Section 109.3 (Unauthorized Tampering), such tampering shall constitute a separate offense, the prescribed fine therefor being not less than $250.00 and not more than $1,000.00.

109.5.2 Penalty - Violation of Stop Work Order. Any person found to have violated a “stop work” order issued under Section 111 shall pay a fine for that violation, distinct from all other violations, which shall be in an amount not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00.

1.02.30 Section 109.6 (Definition of violations) is added, providing as follows:

109.6 Definition of violations. Each violation of this Code shall constitute a separate violation and be subject to a separate penalty. Each day a violation occurs and/or continues shall constitute a separate violation.

1.02.31 Section 109.7 (Abatement of violations) as renumbered, is amended so as to provide as follows:

109.7 Abatement of violations. The imposition of fines for violation shall not preclude the Township from instituting appropriate actions to restrain, correct or abate a violation, or to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure, premises, vehicle, storage facility or outdoor area, or to stop an illegal act, conduct, business or utilization of a building, structure, premises, vehicle, storage facility or outdoor area.

1.02.32 Section 110.2 (Evacuation) is amended so as to provide as follows:

110.2 Evacuation. The department official in charge of an incident or the fire code official shall be authorized to order the immediate evacuation of any occupied building deemed unsafe when such building has hazardous conditions that present imminent danger to building occupants. Persons so notified shall immediately leave the structure or premises and shall not enter or re-enter until authorized to do so by the person who issued the evacuation order.

1.02.33 Section 111.4 (Failure to comply) is amended so as to add as its final clause: shall be liable to a fine as prescribed in Section 109.5.2, above.

1.02.34 Section 113 is amended, by deleting its Subsections 113.4 and 113.5 and amending Sections 113.1, 113.2 and 113.3 so as to provide as follows:

113.1 Fees. A permit shall not be issued until the fees established therefor have been paid, nor shall an amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any, has been paid.