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.
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Editor's Note: Former § 103-18.1,
Prohibition of certain structures in street rights-of-way, added 8-23-1984
by Ord. No. 492, was repealed 8-19-1993 by Ord. No. 646.
The application for a permit shall be on a form
prescribed by the Township and shall be 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 Township 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 have 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.
[Amended 12-8-1988 by Ord. No. 565]
Any person or persons, corporation, partnership
or other entity whatsoever violating any of the provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not to
exceed the maximum fine of $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of such costs and prosecution, imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 30 days; provided, however, that if the District
Justice determines that the defendant is without the financial means
to pay the fines and costs immediately or in a single remittance,
such defendant shall be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments
and over such periods of time as the District Justice deems to be
just.
