[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
From and after the passage and approval of this Part, the following
regulations shall govern the width and construction of all streets
and highways in the Township of North Strabane, whether the same be
built and constructed by the Township or constructed by private persons,
firms or corporations in subdivisions within the limits of the Township
of North Strabane.
A.
Grades. The street grades shall be submitted to the Township Engineer
for approval.
B.
Preparation of streets for paving.
(1)
Where slopes, fills, embankments, walls or culverts are necessary
and required, the same shall be presented to the Township Engineer
for approval.
(2)
Sanitary sewers shall not be constructed or laid until a permit
shall be secured from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and plans approved
by the Township Engineer.
(3)
Storm sewers shall be constructed under the supervision of the
Township Engineer only after the plans, size of pipe, pipe material,
etc., have been approved by him.
(4)
All water, gas, steam pipes or conduits shall be laid prior
to street construction, and the laterals, branches or extensions of
same shall be extended to the inside lot line of the curb under the
supervision of the Township Engineer.
C.
Street width. The paved surface of streets between curbs shall not
be less than 22 feet.
D.
Street construction.
(1)
Where bituminous paving shall be permitted for use as street
surfacing, it shall be in combination with reinforced cement concrete;
an eighteen-inch reinforced cement concrete gutter shall be laid on
each side of said street adjoining and inside the reinforced cement
concrete wedge or box-type curb.
(2)
All newly constructed curbs shall be the wedge or box type,
and constructed of reinforced concrete or shall be the extruded type
constructed of precast concrete and securely fastened to the ground.
(3)
All streets shall be constructed with the materials and in accordance
with the methods and requirements as set forth under current specifications
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
E.
Bonds. A labor and material and a maintenance bond, for a period
of two years, shall be furnished by every contractor or subdivision
owner or owners in favor of the Township prior to all street construction.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
Every public highway, street, avenue, lane or alley or part
thereof and the sidewalks thereof, when included as part of the improvement,
the setting of curbstones and the providing for the drainage thereof,
may be graded, paved and otherwise improved; and notice of payment
of the cost and expense of the same shall be given to the owners of
the real estate bounding and abutting along the line of said improvement.
Said cost and expense, upon the abutting real estate, shall be assessed
in accordance with the foot-front or benefit rule as is provided by
law.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
Any assessment authorized under this Part shall be paid either
in full, within 60 days after notice of such assessment shall have
been given to the party assessed, or in four equal semiannual installments,
the first of which shall be due and payable within 60 days after such
notice. All assessments, whether paid in full or in installments,
shall be payable to the Township Treasurer.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
If any assessment authorized under this Part shall not have
been paid in full, or if an installment payment of one-fourth the
total amount of such assessment shall not have been made within 60
days after notice shall have been given to the party assessed, the
entire assessment shall be due, and it shall be the duty of the Solicitor
to collect the same, with interest from the date of the completion
of the improvement, in any manner provided by law.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
In case the party against whom an assessment shall have been
made under this Part shall have paid an installment of one-fourth
of the total amount thereof within 30 days after notice of such assessment,
such party shall pay the remaining three-fourths of such assessment
in three subsequent semiannual installments, the first of which shall
be due within six months after the first installment became due, and
the remaining installments shall become due at six-month intervals
thereafter. All such installments shall bear interest at the rate
of eight percent per annum, commencing 30 days after the notice of
total assessment referred to in § 402.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
Whenever the Township of North Strabane is ready to pave or
improve any street, or part thereof, the owners of all properties,
improved or unimproved, abutting upon such street or part thereof,
upon 10 days' notice, are hereby required, at their own expense,
before the paving or improvement thereof, to connect their respective
properties with all sewer, water and gas lines laid along said street,
by laying branch pipes from said main lines to the curb.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
Upon failure of the owners of property abutting streets to be
paved or improved to comply with the notice to make house connections
with utility pipes, the Township may do the same or cause the same
to be done and may levy the cost of its work plus 10% of the total
cost on such owner as a property lien to be collected in any manner
provided by law.
