If it appears to the Board of Supervisors that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the Zoning Officer, or such other officer or official of the Township (including, but not limited to, the Township Solicitor) as may be designated and authorized by the Board of Supervisors, shall initiate enforcement proceedings by sending an enforcement notice as provided in this section. By means of the enforcement notice, the Zoning Officer, or such other officer or official, as directed and authorized by the Board of Supervisors, may order discontinuance of illegal use of land or structures; removal of illegal structures or additions, alterations, or structural changes thereto; or discontinuance of any illegal work being done. The Board of Supervisors also may authorize the Township Manager, Solicitor, Chief of Police, members of the Township Police Department and/or other persons to enforce or to assist in the enforcement of this chapter.

The enforcement notice shall be sent to the owner of record of the parcel on which the violation has occurred, to any person who has filed a written request to receive enforcement notices regarding that parcel, and to any other person requested in writing by the owner of record.

An enforcement notice shall, at a minimum, state the following:

In case any building, structure, or non-permanent structure, hedge, tree, wetland, shrub, landscaping or other growth, or land is, or is proposed to be, erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, maintained, or used in violation of this chapter, the Board of Supervisors or, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, the Zoning Officer or other officer or official of the Township, or any aggrieved owner or tenant of real property who shows that his property or person will be substantially affected by the alleged violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate such building, structure, or nonpermanent structure, hedge, tree, shrub, landscaping, or other growth, or use of land, or to prevent, in or about such premises, any act, conduct, business, or use constituting a violation.

Where any action, authorized in Subsection 1, above, is instituted by a landowner or tenant, notice of that action shall be served upon the Township at least 30 days prior to the time the action is begun, by serving a copy of the complaint to the Board of Supervisors. No such action may be commenced until such notice has been given.

Any person, partnership, or corporation who or which has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied, or be payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the district justice. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the district justice determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership, or corporation violating this chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the district justice. Thereafter, each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs, and reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid over to the Township.

In addition to the above remedies, the Board of Supervisors may take other appropriate and available legal action, which may include equitable and injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity, other than the Board of Supervisors and the Township, the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.