[Adopted 9-27-1984 by Ord. No. 84-1 as Part 3:500 of the 1984 Warwick Township Code]
No railroad or street railway shall hereafter
be constructed upon any Township road, nor shall any railroad or street
railway crossings or any gas pipe, water pipe, electric conduits or
other piping be laid upon or in, nor shall any telephone, telegraph,
cable television 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.
The application for a permit shall be on a form
prescribed by the Township and submitted to the Township in triplicate.
The application shall be accompanied by a fee set forth in the Warwick
Township Fee Schedule. [1] In addition, the applicant shall submit three copies of
a sketch plan showing such dimensions as the location of the intended
facility, width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way lines and a
dimension of the nearest intersecting street.
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after
all the aforementioned requirements have been fulfilled.
Upon completion of the work, the applicant shall
give written notice thereof to 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 8-22-1988 by Ord. No. 88-6; 3-3-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1]
Any person, firm, corporation or utility which
shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon summary
conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than $300 nor more than $600, plus the costs of prosecution.
In default of the payment of such fine and costs, said person or the
principals of said firm or the officers and directors of said corporation
shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment in the Bucks County Prison
for a period of not more than five days.
