[Adopted 4-15-1980 as Ch. VII, Art. 7, of the 1980 Code of Ordinances]
[Amended 5-21-2024 by Ord. No. 421]
In accordance with the provisions of Section 2322 of Article 23 of the Second Class Township Code, as amended, no railroad or street railway shall hereafter be constructed upon any Township road nor shall any railroad or street railway crossings nor any gas pipe, water pipe, electric conduits or other piping be laid upon or in, nor shall any telephone, telegraph or electric light or power poles or any other obstructions be erected upon or in any portion of a Township road except under such conditions, restrictions and regulations relating to the installation and maintenance thereof as may be prescribed in permits granted by the Township for such purpose.
A. 
The application for a permit shall be on a form prescribed by the Township and submitted to the Township Secretary in triplicate. The application shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount fixed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.[1] In addition, the applicant shall submit three copies of a sketch showing such dimensions as the location of the intended facility, the width of the traveled roadway, the right-of-way lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
[Amended 11-4-1991 by Ord. No. 208]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A180, Fees.
B. 
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after all the aforementioned requirements have been filed.
C. 
Upon completion of the work, the applicant shall give written notice thereof to the Township.
When doing any work authorized by the permit, the applicant shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of replacing and maintaining temporary restoration (immediately) and permanent restoration of such areas (after 90 days) and to be responsible, during a period of two years next following completion of the permanent restoration work, for any subsequent failure of the highway surface resulting from the project, subject to the approval of the Township.
Upon completion of the work authorized by the permit, the Township shall inspect the work and, when necessary, enforce compliance with the conditions, restrictions and regulations prescribed by the permit. Where any settlement or defect in the work occurs, if the applicant shall fail to rectify any such settlement or other defect within 60 days after written notice from the Township to do so, the Township may do the work and shall impose upon the applicant the cost thereof, together with an additional 20% of such cost.
[Amended 11-4-1991 by Ord. No. 208]
Any person, firm, corporation or utility which shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties provided by § 1-13 of Chapter 1, General Provisions.
[Amended 5-21-2024 by Ord. No. 421]
There are hereby adopted by the Township for the purpose of establishing further rules and regulations dealing with the opening or cutting of any Township highway those rules and regulations known as the "General Provisions and Specifications Governing Work on Township Highways" (PENNDOT Publication 508) as promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, with all supplements to date and to be issued in the future, of which at least one hard copy has been and now is on file in the Township Building and is also accessible online, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this article shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the opening or cutting of any Township highway.