It shall be unlawful for any person to connect
a driveway or improve an existing driveway connection with any of
the Township roads in the Township of Carroll without first securing
a permit therefor, as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 9-21-1983 by Ord. No. 27; 2-5-2002 by Ord. No. 47]
A. Any person who shall desire to connect a driveway
to any of the Township roads in the Township of Carroll shall make
application to the Township Zoning Officer in writing for that purpose.
Such application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the exact
location of the proposed connection, or alteration or improvement
thereto, the approximate width thereof, the surface material to be
used and the type and size of drainage tiles to be utilized, together
with a sketch of the proposed work showing the details thereof. The
fee for the application shall be as set from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors and payable upon the filing of the application.
[Amended 12-2-2003 by Ord. No. 51]
B. Culverts.
(1) All driveways having a slope of 6º or more within
30 feet of driveway entrance will require a box-type culvert across
entrance.
(2) Culvert construction: concrete; inside measurements
to be 15 inches wide by 15 inches deep; walls and bottom to be no
less than six inches thick for walls and no less than four inches
thick for bottom. Length of culvert to be same as width of driveway
at entrance; top of culvert to be steel grating of nineteen-inch width
recessed into the walls; grating to be in lengths of no more than
four-foot sections for easy removal and cleaning of culverts.
[Amended 2-5-2002 by Ord. No. 47]
No work of any kind shall be done on any such
connection or alteration or improvement until the application has
been approved by the Zoning Officer of the Township of Carroll.
[Amended 2-5-2002 by Ord. No. 47]
Whenever such application is approved by the
Zoning Officer of the Township of Carroll, a permit will be issued
by the Township Zoning Officer.
[Amended 2-5-2002 by Ord. No. 47]
All work with respect to the connection of any
driveway, or the alteration or improvement thereof, shall be done
by the applicant at his expense, and all such work shall be subject
to the provisions of this chapter and to the supervision and approval
of the Zoning Officer of the Township of Carroll.