Township of Lower Salford, PA Article VI Mailboxes

[Adopted 8-16-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2]

§ 140-34 Location of mailboxes.

A. Dimensional requirements.

(1) The Township shall not be responsible for the repair or replacement of any mailbox placed within the legal right-of-way of any public highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley.

(2) In order to alleviate the possibility of damage due to snowplowing and vehicular traffic, all mailboxes must be installed and maintained as follows:

(a) Mailboxes must be erected so that the side of the mailbox facing the roadway is set back eight inches from the face of the concrete curb, or if there is no concrete curb, then eight inches from the edge of the roadway surface. The structure supporting the box must also not encroach on the eight-inch setback distance.

(b) If placement of a standard (eighteen-inch long) mailbox, according to the foregoing standards, would cause the back of the mailbox to overhang a public sidewalk, the aforementioned setback shall be waived; provided that the box must then be placed as far as possible away from the roadway without encroaching on the public sidewalk.

(c) The bottom of the mailbox must be 41 inches to 45 inches above the finished road surface.

§ 140-35 Violations and penalties.

A. Any owner, person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate any the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each and every offense.

B. In addition to or in lieu of prosecution in the same manner as a summary offense, violation of this article may be enforced by the Township by an action in equity brought in the Court of Common Pleas.

C. A new and separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each day that a violation exists. All fines imposed by this article are recoverable by summary proceedings before any District Justice in the Township of Lower Salford, and all suits or actions at law instituted for the recovery thereof are to be in the name and for the use of the Township of Lower Salford, against which offense is committed, and, upon recovery thereof, all such fines are to be paid into the treasury of the Township.