The word "person," as used in this chapter,
shall mean and include any natural person, partnership, association,
firm or corporation. The singular shall include the plural, and the
masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person, firm or corporation shall lay or
construct or cause to lay or construct across any lane or driveway
leading from a road or public highway in Butler Township to private
property any used hot water tanks or secondhand water tanks for drainage
purposes or as culvert pipes, and wherever a culvert pipe or drainage
pipe is used for said purposes it shall in all cases be of materials
approved by the Township Road Superintendent and of a size to properly
carry off the heaviest volume of water occurring at that point at
any time, but not less than a minimum of 12 inches in diameter properly
laid so as not to turn any water upon any other private property or
upon the highways or roads of the Township.
The laying, installation and construction of
drains or pipes for drainage purposes on, over or under private roads,
driveways or ditches shall first be approved by the Road Superintendent
after inspection, and for that purpose before laying or construction
of the same, application for approval of the proposed construction
shall be made by the Road Superintendent.
A variance in the size of drain or culvert pipe
may be permitted for good cause after review by the Road Superintendent
and approval of the Commissioners of Butler Township.
Any person who shall hereafter install any drainage pipe contrary to the provisions of §
156-2 of this chapter shall, upon 10 days' notice thereof from the Road Superintendent, remove such unlawful drainage pipe and replace the same with a drainage pipe of at least 12 inches' diameter, in default of which the Township Manager may cause the same to be removed and replaced and shall thereupon collect the cost of such removal and replacement from such person failing to conform to such notice.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before any District
Justice of the Township, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution, and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, shall be committed to the county
jail for not more than 30 days.