Failure to secure a building permit when required prior to the erection, construction, extension or addition to a building, or failure to secure a use registration permit or sign permit shall be a violation of this chapter.

If the Zoning Officer finds that any of the provisions of this chapter is being violated, he/she or she shall notify in writing the owner of record of the parcel on which the violation has occurred, any person who has filed a written request to receive enforcement notices regarding that parcel, and any other person requested in writing by the owner of record. An enforcement notice shall state at least the following:

Any persons, 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 Borough, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Borough 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 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 offense, 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 this chapter to have believed that there was no 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. All judgments, costs, and reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid to the Borough.

In the event any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used, or any hedge, tree, shrub or other growth is maintained in violation of this chapter or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, in addition to other remedies provided by law, any appropriate action or proceedings, whether by legal process or otherwise, may be instituted or taken to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises.

The charges for permits, application for special exception, application for variance, Zoning Hearing Board certificates, etc., shall be such as are determined by Borough Council from time to time.