[Adopted 6-10-1985 as Art. 909 of the 1985 Code of Ordinances]
[Amended 11-10-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16]
All owners of property abutting on any street or highway in the Township shall, upon 60 days' notice to do so from the Board of Commissioners through the Township Secretary, curb, recurb or repair the curbing of such street or highway. The Township may, in its discretion, grant extensions to the sixty-day notice requirement due to adverse weather conditions.
Upon failure of the owner or owners of property to curb, recurb or repair the curbing of such street or highway abutting such property after 60 days' notice so to do as provided in § 187-27, the Board of Commissioners shall cause the same to be done and shall assess and collect the whole cost thereof by an equal assessment on the foot front. The Board of Commissioners may make equitable adjustments for corner lots or lots of irregular shape where an assessment for full frontage would be unjust.
The Secretary of the Township shall cause 30 days' notice of the assessment to be given to each party assessed, either by service on the owner or his agent, or to be left on the premises.
If any assessment remains unpaid at the expiration of the notice, it shall be the duty of the Township Solicitor to collect the same, with interest, from 30 days after completion of the improvement by action of assumpsit or by lien to be filed and collected in the same manner as municipal claims.
All curbs shall be laid to a line and grade obtained from the Township Engineer and constructed in accordance with the specifications provided in Article IV. The Township Engineer may, at any time during the course of such work, visit the site of such work to ascertain whether such work is being done according to requirements, and he or one of his agents or employees shall visit any such site for such purpose whenever requested by the property owner. Within two days after the completion of the work, it shall be the duty of the owner of property where such work was done to notify the Township Engineer of that fact so that he may inspect such work to determine whether such work has been done according to the requirements.
Any property owner may, upon his own initiative and without notice from any Township authority, curb, recurb or repair the curbing of the street or highway along such property. However, such owner shall conform to the requirements of this article as to the line and grade and as to materials used, and he shall notify the Township Manager or Township Engineer within two days after completion of the work so that he may inspect the same to determine whether such work has been done according to requirements.
The Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized to enter into contracts, upon compliance with the requirements of law, for the curbing, recurbing or repair of curbing of streets and highways within the Township, or, if the Board of Commissioners by resolution so desires, such work or any part thereof shall be done under the supervision of the Township Manager.