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Enforcement Remedies
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated or permitted the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter (including all appendices) 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 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 magisterial district judge. 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 magisterial district judge, determining that there has been 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 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 over to the Township. The validity of a determination or decision by the Zoning Officer, Zoning Hearing Board or Board of Commissioners may be challenged by an appeal of said determination or decision pursuant to § 27-2604 or 27-2606 and the Municipalities Planning Code as the exclusive remedy for a person aggrieved by such determination or decision; in no event may the validity of any such determination or decision be challenged or reviewed in any proceeding for enforcement under § 27-2612 before a magisterial district judge or court.