The Borough Council may, from time to time, amend this chapter, including the Zoning Map.

Before voting on the enactment of any amendment, the Council shall hold a public hearing thereon, pursuant to public notice. "Public notice," as used in this section, shall mean that the first publication shall be not more than 30 days and not less than 14 days in advance of the hearing. Such notice shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. If, after any public hearing held upon an amendment, the proposed amendment is revised or further revised to include land previously not affected by it, the Council shall hold another public hearing, pursuant to public notice, before proceeding to vote on the amendment.

A landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the validity of this chapter or any part hereof that prohibits the use or development of land in which he has an interest may submit a curative amendment to the Borough Council with a written request for hearing. Borough Council shall commence a hearing thereon within 60 days of the submission of a properly completed request following procedures outlined in 53 P.S. § 10609.1 and 53 P.S. 10916.1, of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.

In the case of an amendment other than one prepared by the Planning Commission, the Borough Council shall submit each such amendment to the Bucks County Planning Commission at least 30 days prior to the hearing, in order to provide the Planning Commission an opportunity to submit recommendations.

Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated or permitted the violation of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Borough 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 Magisterial District Judge determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the 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 Magisterial District Judge, and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.

In case any building, structure or land is, or is proposed to be, erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, maintained or used in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the Council or an officer of the Borough with the approval of the Council, in addition to other remedies, may institute in the name of the Borough any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent, restrain, correct or abate such building, structure or land, or to prevent, in or about such premises, any act, conduct, business or use constituting a violation.

Whenever a violation of this chapter occurs, any resident, tenant or property owner within the Borough of Penndel may file a written complaint with the Zoning Officer in regard thereto. The Zoning Officer shall promptly investigate all complaints and report thereon to the Borough Council.