[Adopted 4-15-1980 as Ch. VII, Art. 7, of the 1980 Code
of Ordinances]
In accordance with the provisions of Section 1156 of Article XI of the Second Class Township Code, as amended,[1] 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 coal tipples 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 P.S. § 67322.
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]
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]
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" as promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation, with all supplements to date and to be issued in
the future, of which not less than three copies have been and now
are on file in the Township Building, 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.
