It shall be unlawful, as to any road or such
part thereof under the Kingwood Township Committee jurisdiction or
control:
A. To construct, install or alter any drain, ditch, bridge,
culvert or pipe on public or private property in such manner as to
increase the flow of water on, over or into such road or part thereof.
B. To alter or block, wholly or partially, on public
or private property, any ditch, drain, culvert or stream in such manner
as to cause water to back up on, over or into such road or part thereof.
C. To change the contour or alter the surface of any
land adjacent to such road or part thereof in such manner as would
cause an increase or concentration of flow of surface water to run
from such land to such road or part thereof, or to establish any curbline
in front of such adjacent land in such manner as to cause such increase
or concentration of flow without first obtaining the approval of the
Kingwood Township Committee.
The Kingwood Township Committee is hereby authorized
and empowered to make rules and regulations governing the aforesaid
acts and to prescribe the information which said Committee shall require
and devise forms to be executed and filed with the Clerk, setting
forth such information as a condition to said Committee's approval.
It shall be unlawful in any case for any landowner
or tenant abutting any road under the jurisdiction or control of the
Kingwood Township Committee to cause or permit the flow or discharge
of any sewage or noxious liquid on, over or into such road or part
thereof.
[Amended 3-16-1979 by Ord. No. 4-7-79; 11-4-2021 by Ord. No. 21-20-2021]
Any person or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provisions in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalties, of the Township Code.