[Adopted 12-31-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-37 as
§ 26-2 of the 2001 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
upon or operate or cause to be driven upon or operated on any of the
Township roads or streets, or any portion or portions thereof, any
motor vehicle, tractor or machinery or equipment which is or which
may be mechanically operated or drawn, unless each and every such
motor vehicle, tractor or mechanically operated or drawn machinery
and equipment shall be equipped with rubber tire wheels or metal or
wooden wheels with tread of sufficient width and smoothness or such
other device or devices as shall prevent any damage being done to
any part of the roads or streets by reason of the motor vehicle, tractor
or mechanically drawn or operated machinery or equipment using the
roads or streets or any portion or portions thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any reason to use or
cause to be used any portion or portions of any of the Township roads
or streets as a headland or for the turning around of or crossing
over by any motor vehicle, tractor or machinery or equipment being
used in connection with farming operations on lands adjacent to any
Township road or street in such a manner so as to cause damage to
any portion or portions of the roads or streets by reason thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage
or cause to be damaged the shoulders, ditches or culverts of any Township
roads or to hinder, impede or obstruct the drainage of those roads
by putting or causing to be put in the ditches or culverts dirt, stones,
bags or any other thing which may impede or obstruct the flow of drainage
through the ditches or culverts.
[Amended by Ord. No. 97-17]
Should any owner or tenant of lands abutting
or bordering upon Township roads, employees or agents of the owner
or tenant, violate the provisions of this article and damage the road
or obstruct the ditches or culverts of the road along the lands, the
Township may give notice to the owner and tenant, if such be the case,
of the land to repair the damage or remove the obstruction within
five days after the service of such notice. In case the owner or tenant
shall fail to repair the damage or remove the obstruction within five
days after the service of such notice, the governing body may have
the damage repaired or obstruction removed and cause the cost thereof
to be charged against the lands abutting or bordering upon the highway,
and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such
lands and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and
in the same manner as taxes. The notice shall be served upon the owner
or tenant, if a resident of the Township, in person or by leaving
the same at his/her usual place of abode with a member of the family
above the age of 14 years; and in case the owner or tenant shall be
a nonresident of the Township, the notice may be served upon the owner
or tenant in person, or it may be served upon the occupant of the
lands, or a copy of such notice may be mailed to the owner or tenant,
at his/her last known address. Notice to infant or mentally incompetent
owners or tenants shall be served upon their guardians. When lands
are held by two or more persons as joint tenants, tenants in common
or tenants by the entirety, service upon any one or more of such owners
shall be sufficient and shall be deemed to be notice to all.
