[Adopted 11-14-1955 by Ord. No. 16]
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership
or corporation to construct or erect any driveway or sidewalk or other
means of ingress or egress to property in the Township, the entrance
or exit of which connects with any road for public use or travel in
said Township or Worcester or drainage area thereof, unless application
has first been made to said Township Supervisors for a permit for
such erection or construction and said Township Supervisors have evidenced
their approval of such construction or erection by granting a permit
thereof.
The application for such permit shall be made
by the owner or occupier or by his constructor or agent in writing
on forms provided by said Township supervisors and in accordance with
such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Township Supervisors.
There shall be appended to each application a plan showing the outlines
of the property affected, with existing buildings thereon, existing
sidewalks and driveways, with the proposed driveway or sidewalk to
be constructed or erected and its relationship to any road for public
use or travel in said Township of Worcester and, particularly, the
construction of said sidewalk or driveway and its relationship to
the drainage of said road.
The cost of filing such application or the cost
of any permit issued thereon and the cost of any inspection deemed
necessary by the Township Supervisors shall be determined according
to the general Fee Schedule[1] to be adopted by a resolution of the Township Supervisors,
and all such fees and costs shall be paid into the Township treasury.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Fee Schedule is on file
in the Township offices.
The Township Supervisors may alter such plans
and specify any changes or modifications of any kind which they may
deem necessary to make their approval of the granting of any permit
subject to any such alterations, changes or modifications.
A.Â
Upon the construction or erection of any such drive
or sidewalk which does not comply with any conditions imposed by the
Township Supervisors as aforesaid or any erection or construction
of any such drive or sidewalk made without the prior approval of the
Township Supervisors and which does not meet with the approval of
the Township Supervisors after construction or erection, then in either
case, the Township Supervisors may with or without notice make the
necessary correction and recover the cost of such correction in a
summary proceeding to be brought before a District Justice in said
Township.
B.Â
Any person who shall erect or construct a drive or sidewalk without first having made application and received a permit therefor as aforesaid shall, upon being adjudged guilty of violating this article before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction within said Township, be sentenced as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.
[Amended 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 150]
