The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation shall be and said
Department hereby is given exclusive authority to grant all permits
for the opening or tearing up of any part of the improved surface
of those certain Borough streets, or parts thereof, which are continuations
of state highway routes in the Borough and for the maintenance of
which the Department of Transportation is by law responsible.
Fees for the granting of such permits may be charged by the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation according to the standard
schedule of fees which may from time to time be adopted.
[Amended 12-21-1988 by Ord. No. 349]
Any person, firm or corporation opening or tearing up the improved
surface of any of the aforesaid streets or causing it to be done for
him, them or it, without first having obtained a permit from the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, shall, upon conviction before a District
Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600, and in
addition thereto, the costs of prosecution and of the surface restoration
thereof.
All fines and restoration charges collected for the violation
of this article shall be paid into the State Treasury as provided
by law.