This Zoning Code shall be enforced by the Township Code Official, with the aid of the Police Department and other Township agencies. The Code Official shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors as provided by law.

The Township Code Official shall:

After the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 223, passed December 10, 1985), no new building shall be erected, no building now erected shall be changed or altered, and no vacant land shall be occupied, until a certificate of conformity is issued by the Code Official stating that the structure and use comply with this Zoning Code. A record of all certificates of conformity shall be kept on file by the Code Official and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the structure or use affected.

The Code Official shall require that any application for a certificate of conformity contain all information necessary to ascertain whether or not the proposed structure or occupancy complies with this Zoning Code. The Code Official shall, within fifteen days after the receipt of an application for a certificate of conformity, issue the certificate if the proposed structure or occupancy complies with this Zoning Code and all other relevant Township laws and ordinances.

Upon completion of the work authorized by any certificate, the applicant or owner shall notify the Code Official of such completion. No permit shall be considered as complete or permanently effective until the Code Official has noted on the permit that the work has been inspected and approved as being in conformity with this Zoning Code.

Applications for certificates of conformity shall be made in writing by the owner, tenant or authorized agent and shall be filed with the Code Official on a form prescribed by him or her. The application shall include a statement as to the proposed use of the building, shall be accompanied by a plan drawn to scale and showing the location of the building in relation to the property and road lines, shall include a statement that the side lines of all roads shown on the plan have been located and staked on the premises by a surveyor or other person competent to give such location, and shall give the name and address of the person who has so located and staked the road.

The applicant for a permit required by this chapter shall, at the time of making the application, pay to the Code Official for the use of the Township a fee in accordance with Section 208.03(b) of the Administration Code. The Code Official is hereby authorized to require a permit fee in accordance with such section for the use or occupancy of buildings or structures.

If any lot of public record is held in single and separate ownership on the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 223, passed December 10, 1985), which lot is not of sufficient size or dimension to permit the erection of a building thereon in accordance with this Zoning Code, and provided that the Zoning Hearing Board finds that the necessary additional ground is not available because of the inability of the owner to acquire additional ground upon fair terms, then the Board may grant a variance for the use of such lot upon such conditions as the Board may specify, so that the minimum and maximum regulations of the district in which the lot is located are met as closely as possible.

The procedure for application review and approval for zoning permits in "C-D," "CD-1," "E," "MF-1," "MF-2," "MF-3," "MF-3A," "D," "D-1," "D-2," "D-3," "D-4," "F," "F-1," "MD" and "PO" Districts and any cluster development conditional use allowed in an "AA-1" or "A-1" District, shall be the same as stated and required for a subdivision or land development under the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations.

The Code Official shall take cognizance of a violation of any of the provisions of this Zoning Code. He or she shall investigate each violation which comes to his or her attention. He or she shall order, in writing, the correction of such conditions as he or she finds to be in violation of any of the provisions of this Zoning Code. Failure to secure all required permits and certificates under this Zoning Code, or under a Zoning Hearing Board order, when required, prior to the erection, construction, extension or addition to a building, shall be a violation of this Zoning Code.

When the Code Official observes an actual or apparent violation, or has reasonable grounds to believe there is a violation, of any provision of this Zoning Code, or a condition imposed as part of any order of the Zoning Hearing Board, or a condition imposed by the Board of Supervisors upon the grant of a conditional use, he or she shall prepare a written notice of violation. This notice may be by citation or may be a notice describing the activity or condition deemed to be a violation and specifying time limits within which the violation shall be corrected. If the Code Official elects to proceed by citation, the citation shall be served as provided by the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. If the Code Official elects to proceed by notice of violation, the written notice of violation shall be served upon the owner, or upon a duly authorized agent of the owner, including a contractor or architect, or upon the occupant or other person responsible for the violation. Such notice of violation shall be served in any of the following ways: by delivering a copy of the same to the person or persons responsible for the violation, by ordinary mail to the last known post office address; or by delivering and leaving such notice in the possession of any person in charge of the premises where the violation is believed to be occurring, or by affixing a copy of such notice in a conspicuous place at the entrance door or avenue of access of the premises where the violation is believed to be occurring; and such procedure shall be deemed the equivalent of personal notice.

A lot may be used and a building or structure may be erected, altered, enlarged or maintained, provided that it is in accordance with the requirements of the district in which it is located, in accordance with the requirements of any applicable overlay district and in accordance with the general conditions of this Zoning Code.

The provisions of this Zoning Code are severable, and if any section, sentence, clause, part or provision hereof is held to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such court decision shall not affect or impair the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, parts or provisions of this Zoning Code. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Board of Supervisors that this Zoning Code would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional section, sentence, clause, part or provision had not been included herein.