[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.
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Editor's Note: See also § 153-40 and § 113-124 of Ch. 113, Land Use.
[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.