In accordance with the provisions of Section 1156 of Article XI 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 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 in accordance with the schedule of fees set forth by the Department
of Transportation for highway occupancy permits and restoration charges. In
addition, the applicant shall submit three copies of a sketch showing such
dimensions as the location of the intended facility, width of the traveled
roadway, right-of-way lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after all the aforementioned
requirements been filed.
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.
Any person, firm, corporation or utility which shall violate any of
the provisions of this article shall be subject, upon conviction before a
District Justice, to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs of prosecution,
and, in default of the payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in
the county jail for not more than five days.