Township of Franklin, PA Article II Grading, Construction and Drainage

[Adopted 6-7-1990 as Ch. 21, Part 2, of the 1990 Code]

§ 138-7 Permit required.

No person, firm or corporation shall grade, construct, install or erect a drain, culvert, footwalk, drive or driveway or other means of ingress or egress, or affecting discharge or passage of drainage water onto or along a Township road unless and until the Township has granted a permit for such grading, construction, installation or erection.

§ 138-8 Application for permit.

Application for such permit shall be made by the owner or occupier, or by his contractor or agent, in writing, on forms provided by the Township and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be established by the Township. There shall be appended to such application a drawing or plan showing the outlines of the property affected with existing improvements thereon, existing drains, culverts, footwalks, drives and driveways, with the proposed drain, culvert, footwalk, drive or driveway proposed to be added, and the relationship of the foregoing to the Township road, particularly with relationship to the effect on the drainage of said road. No permit shall be issued until an on-site inspection has been made by one or more of the Franklin Township Supervisors or the Township Roads Superintendent or Roadmaster.

§ 138-9 Costs and fees.

The costs of filing such application and permit to be issued thereon, and the cost of any inspection by the Township, shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The current list of fees is on file in the Township office.

§ 138-10 Changes and modifications.

The Township may alter plans filed with the application and specify any changes or modifications of any kind which it may deem necessary and make its approval of the granting of any permits subject to any such alterations, changes or modifications.

§ 138-11 Compliance.

All grading, construction, installation and erection shall be in strict compliance with the plans and specifications on the basis of which the permit is granted.

§ 138-12 Violations and penalties.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.