1. The Township, through the Code Enforcement Department or agency charged by the Board of Supervisors with enforcement of the provisions of the Township Zoning Ordinance [this Chapter] and/or the Township Building Code, shall review the progress and status of any change being made to a resource, and shall render such reports thereon to the Board and to the Historical Commission as may be necessary to assure compliance with the provisions of this Article and/or any compliance with any conditions which may have been attached to any building permit, demolition permit, special exception, or conditional use approval, as well as compliance with all other applicable codes, rules and regulations of the Township.

2. Any person who alters a resource in violation of the provisions of this Article or in violation of any conditions or requirements specified in a permit issued under the terms of this Article, or in violation of any special exception, conditional use approval or other applicable code, rule or regulation of the Township shall be required to restore the subject property and/or the resource involved to its condition prior to the violation. Such restoration shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any penalty, fine or remedy available under this Article, any other Township code, rule or regulation or any other applicable law.

3. The Township shall withhold issuing or withdraw/revoke any building permit, for a minimum of 1 year, for any property which, at the date of enactment of this Article, was occupied by a resource that subsequently was demolished in violation of this Article or in violation of any special exception, conditional use approval, permit or other applicable code, rule or regulation of the Township.

4. Any conditional use application or subdivision or land development application involving any property which, at the date of enactment of this Article, was occupied by a resource(s) that subsequently was demolished in violation of this Article, shall not be approved except upon conditions which include the satisfactory restoration of any such resources or upon the granting of appropriate demolition permit(s) in accordance with this Article.

5. Violation of this Article shall also constitute a violation of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22] as well as the Township Building Code. The Township, in addition to the foregoing remedies, may exercise any available legal or equitable remedy(ies) against the violator, whether or not the same are specifically set forth in this Article. All remedies exercised by the Township hereunder shall be deemed to be cumulative and may be exercised independently or in conjunction with one another.

(Ord. 3-2005, 7/20/2005)