[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township of Franklin Township Committee 12-18-1967 as Ch. 54 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Street openings and excavations — See Ch. 337.
It shall be unlawful for any person, without the written consent first being obtained from the Township Committee of the Township of Franklin, to do the following.
To tear up, excavate or otherwise injure or destroy any portion of a road under the control of the Township Committee of the Township of Franklin by and through its Township Committee.
To drive upon any Township road with any vehicle or farm implement which injures or tears up the surface or shoulder, or which in any way damages any Township road or any portion thereof.
To obstruct, injure, damage or destroy any gutter, sidewalk, shoulder or slope of any Township road.
To throw or cause to be thrown or placed upon any county road, trash, stones, dirt or other materials, other than for the purpose of constructing, repairing and maintaining Township roads.
[Amended 8-26-2014 by Ord. No. O-22-2014]
To discharge or drain, or permit or cause to be discharged or drained, upon any Township road, any liquid or material such as sewage, wash water, drainage from any pigpen, barnyard, gas station, sump pump or other place where the fluid or liquid discharged constitutes waste material.
To cause any material, fluid or substance to be on any Township road which impedes or obstructs or makes dangerous the traffic thereon.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Includes the full width of said road, meaning and intending the traveled portion, the shoulder, the slopes, up to and including the right-of-way line.
A person shall be deemed to violate the terms of this chapter if said person does any of the acts prohibited herein or causes said prohibited acts by means of an agent or otherwise.
Any person violating this chapter, or any part hereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both.