[Adopted 6-1-1959 by Ord. No. 1:7-59]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm
or corporation to place material of any description whatsoever, or
vehicles or other equipment of any nature whatsoever, upon any Township
road or street so as to interfere with the flow of water along the
gutters, or to interfere with traffic on such road or street, without
having first obtained a permit from the Supervisor of Roads.
B.
The permit shall state the proximate quantity of material
or the number of vehicles or equipment to be stored and the time of
such storage, and the same shall be adequately protected, safeguarded
and lighted at all times, in accordance with the requirements of the
Supervisor of Roads. It shall be the duty of the permittee to properly
guard the materials so stored by erecting suitable barriers, warning
signs and lanterns, and such permittee shall be liable for any neglect
to safeguard the traveling public.
The disturbing or tearing up of any Township
road by the locking of wheels of any vehicle, or attaching a drag
or other mechanism to the same likely to cause injury to the Township
road, is hereby prohibited.
The filling of gutters along any Township road
by dirt, fill, earth or other materials is hereby prohibited irrespective
of the manner or distance by which said dirt, fill, earth or other
materials shall travel before reaching the Township road.
The obstruction of drainage to any Township
road by the spilling, filling, flowing or throwing of stones, dirt,
earth or other materials thereon is hereby prohibited.
The diversion of surface or other waters to
and upon Township roads, drains, gutters and culverts is hereby prohibited.
A.
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall place
any earth, dirt, stones or other materials or articles upon any Township
road, or any part thereof, except in accordance with the provisions
of this article, and no person or persons, firm or corporation shall
do or cause to be done any act, including the construction of buildings,
grading, landscaping or otherwise, which shall cause or result in
the accumulation of dirt, silt, earth or other materials upon any
Township road, storm drain, gutter or culvert.
B.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any provision of this article which results in damage to or obstruction
of any Township road, gutter, storm drain or culvert shall be responsible
for all expenses incurred by the Township of Chester in repairing
said damage or removing said obstruction, in addition to the penalties
herein provided.
The construction of any private road, right-of-way
or driveway connecting with a Township road is prohibited unless a
permit therefor has first been obtained from the Township Supervisor
of Roads.
Driveways shall be constructed in such a manner
as to prevent erosion of the soil from them and its deposition upon
the public road, gutters, catch basins, drains or culverts.
[Amended 6-2-1997]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who
shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to one or more of the following: a fine of not
less than $100 but not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment in the County
Jail for a period not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service
not to exceed 90 days, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the
same. Each day's continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.
