Failure to secure a building permit or Zoning Hearing Board Certificate, when required, previous to the erection, construction, extension or addition to a building or failure to secure a use registration permit shall be a violation of this chapter.

In case of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, notice shall be sent to the owner of record of the parcel in 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, or to the agent or occupant, contractor or builder who has caused the violation. The enforcement notice shall state at least the following:

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 Borough, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough as a result thereof. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation unless the Magisterial District Judge determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the ordinance or permitting the violation 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 the violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.

In case any building or structure is, or is about to be, 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 hereto, 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, or 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, Zoning Hearing Board certificates, etc., shall be fixed in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Borough Council upon the enactment of this chapter, or as such schedule may be amended by resolution of the Borough Council.[1]