[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Tinicum 7-7-1941 by Ord. No. 133. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
When used in this chapter, the meaning of the
following words shall be as designated below:
The Board of Commissioners of Tinicum Township.
Any person, persons, partnership, association, firm or corporation
or may be extended to include a duly authorized agent of any of them.
Road, street, lane or alley.
Unless specifically designated as storm or sanitary, shall
mean any sewer or drainage facility.
The Township of Tinicum.
A plan of the Township of Tinicum showing existing streets,
and any approved streets duly approved by the Board, and may refer
to any subplan thereof when properly approved.
Before any person shall open or dedicate any
road for public travel or use, or construct any sewer in connection
therewith in the Township, he shall first submit plans therefor to
the Board for their approval and no road or sewer shall be opened
or constructed except in strict accordance with plans approved by
the Board.
Such plan shall show:
A.
The general layout of all proposed streets in the
tract to be developed, giving their alignment with location of monuments
and with reference to connecting or contiguous roads, either actually
existing or shown on the Township Plan as "proposed."
B.
Profiles of such roads.
C.
The course, structure and capacity of any proposed
sewers, together with profiles.
D.
The method of drainage of the whole property and its
relation to the method of drainage of the adjacent or contiguous territory.
E.
Lot sizes.
F.
Location of any proposed streetlights.
G.
Location of any fire hydrant.
All roads shall be of a width not less than
45 feet, the cartway shall be not less than 24 feet and all roads
connecting with existing roads so as to form a continuation or extension
thereof shall be not less in width than such existing roads, or where
a road is laid out in general conformity to a street shown as proposed
on the Township Plan and shown to be in excess of the above minimum
in width, the said road shall not be less in width than the proposed
street shown on the Township Plan.
All roads, where possible, shall connect with
existing roads or proposed roads as shown on the Township Plan so
as to form, as nearly as possible, through roads and a harmonious
and systematic development of the Township. The names of roads shall
not conflict with the names of existing roads nor be so similar as
to be unnecessarily confusing, and all roads laid out as actual or
potential extensions of existing roads shall be designated by the
names of those existing roads. Provision shall be made for the erection
of at least one street sign at each newly formed intersection. These
name signs shall be of a design approved by the Highway Committee
of the Board.
All applications for the approval of plans to
open any road or construct any sewer shall be in writing on a blank
form to be furnished for that purpose by the Board, signed by the
owners of the property or a duly authorized representative and shall
be filed with the Secretary of the Township at least 10 days prior
to the regular meeting of the Board at which it is desired to seek
approval thereof. The said application shall set forth in detail the
character of the improvements to be made, and the applicant shall
therein agree:
A.
That all construction work shall be subject to the
direction and supervision of the Township Engineer or an inspector
whom he may place in charge of the work, and that the construction
of all improvements will be completed in a proper and workmanlike
manner and in accordance with Township specifications, and that an
allowance of $10 per day for each day of actual construction, to cover
the salary of said inspector, shall be borne by the applicant.
B.
That all authorized Township employees or agents may
enter upon the lands of the applicant for the purpose of inspection
and supervision.
C.
That all stakes necessary for line or grade for construction
shall be secured by arrangement with the Township Engineer and at
the expense of the applicant.
D.
That all cement, stone, asphalt, pipe, castings or
other materials used in the proposed construction shall be in accordance
with specifications established by ordinance or approved by the Highway
or Sewer Committee of the Board.
E.
That the Board will not be asked to accept any improvement
except upon tender of formal deed of dedication to the Township, accompanied
by any necessary right-of-way through private property, in form approved
by the Township Solicitor, together with a certificate from the contractor
that said improvement has been paid for in full and a certificate
from the Township Engineer that all conditions pertaining to its construction
either by ordinance or special agreement have been complied with.
F.
That no ditch will be opened in, nor any material
disposed of or placed within, any public street of the Township unless
a permit for the same shall have been previously obtained.
G.
That he will be responsible for any and all loss,
damage, claim or demand in any way arising by reason of the construction
of said improvement and will indemnify and save the Township harmless
therefrom and, if required so to do by the Board, will provide approved
security for that purpose.
H.
That if required by the Highway or Sewer Committee
of the Board he will provide a bond with approved security or cash
indemnity to assure the completion of all or any part of the proposed
improvements, roads or sewers within the time or times therein specified,
in strict conformity to this chapter or any agreement hereunder.
I.
That no lot abutting an any proposed road will be
sold as such or built upon unless and until the improvements have
been entirely completed in a manner acceptable to the Board, or a
bond for completion has been filed as above provided.
J.
That no connection of any dwelling house or other
building to any sanitary sewer shall be permitted to be made prior
to acceptance of said sewer by the Township, and subsequent connections
shall be subject to the regulations of the Township and their use
thereafter shall be regulated by Township ordinance,[1] at established service rates.
K.
That there shall be paid to the Township the sum of
$0.50 per foot for each foot of sanitary sewer built in any existing
or proposed road as a contribution towards the cost of the outfall
sewers of the Township.
L.
That in no case shall any sewer be connected to the
main sewer until the work has been completed and the sewer is watertight
throughout its entire length and approved by the Sewer Committee and
accepted by the Board. Such connection, including a manhole where
necessary, shall be made by the Township at the applicant's expense.
M.
That nothing contained in any application relative
to the construction of any sewer, and no act of the Township or its
employees or agents done pursuant thereto, shall be taken or construed
as in any way affecting the status of any private road in which such
sewer right-of-way shall or may be, or as an acceptance or taking
over of such road as a public road.
The Board reserves the right to alter any plan
submitted for approval and to specify any changes or modifications
of any kind which it may deem necessary with respect thereto and to
make its approval of such plans subject to any such alterations, changes
or modifications. Before acting upon any such plans, the Board may,
in its discretion, arrange for a public hearing, after giving such
notice as it deems desirable.
Any and all plans, when approved, shall be signed
in duplicate on behalf of the Township by the President of the Board,
the Township Seal affixed, duly attested by the Secretary and one
copy shall be filed in the office of the Board, where the same shall
be available for public inspection. But the approval of any plan of
streets shall not imply any obligation on the part of the Board to
accept these streets as public roads unless the improvements therein
are completed in strict accordance with all ordinances of the Township
and all rules and regulations promulgated under such ordinances.
A duplicate set of such plans, showing they
have been duly approved, shall be recorded by the person applying
for such approval in the office for the recording of deeds in and
for the County of Delaware, Pennsylvania.
All roads with curbs and other improvements
shown on the said plan shall be built of one of the standard types
of material specified by ordinance for public roads, curbs, etc.,
in the Township or approved by the Township Engineer and by the Board.
All sewers, sewer laterals, water, gas or other
service mains, together with house connections to all or any of them
where it is proposed to install any such service, shall be laid before
the paving of the cartway is commenced. The Commissioners reserve
the right to refuse a permit to open any penetration macadam or bituminous
concrete street within three years from its installation, or any concrete
street within five years, except in cases of unusual emergency.
The minimum requirements for curbing shall be
six-inch-by-eighteen-inch portland cement concrete. Sidewalks shall
be four feet in width and four inches in depth, portland cement concrete,
and roadway six inches broken-stone base and two inches bituminous
concrete wearing surface, all in accordance with specifications on
file at the office of the Township Engineer.
