This chapter will be known and hereinafter referred to as the
"Lower Gwynedd Township Driveway Ordinance."
For the purposes of this chapter, the following, terms shall
have meanings ascribed thereto as follows:
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors of Lower Gwynedd Township or its
designated representative(s).
CONTRACTOR
The party, person firm, partnership, and/or corporation who
or which installs a driveway, including all agents, officers, or employees
of said party, person, firm, partnership and/or corporation.
DRIVEWAY
Any area of land designated or to be used as a means of ingress
and/or egress for either vehicles and/or pedestrian traffic from a
public road to a piece, parcel, or tract of land.
OWNER
The owner of the tract of land upon which the driveway is
located.
PENNDOT
The Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and any successor agency.
PERMIT
A permit issued by the Township to signify approval of the
driveway connection.
PERSON
Any individual or individuals, partnership, company, association,
society, corporation or other group or entity.
PUBLIC ROAD
Any road, street, alley, or public thoroughfare whether actually
maintained by the Township as part of its road system or whether shown
on a subdivision or land development plan and intended to be offered
or dedicated to the Township in the future as part of its road system.
REPAIR
The demolition or removal of a portion of an existing curb
or sidewalk and relaying the same with new material.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The total width, including the cartway, of a road.
SALDO
The Lower Gwynedd Township Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance of 1976, as amended.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Lower Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
All driveways along private roads, including roads in new subdivisions,
shall conform to this Chapter before the Township will accept dedication
of the road as a public road of the Township.
Such fees shall accompany the application as the Board shall
prescribe from time to time, and shall be accompanied by an inspection
escrow, if deemed necessary by the Township.
All construction in any way incidental to the installation of
the driveway shall be performed in strict conformance with the approved
plans. After the proposed driveway has been stoned in, but before
the driveway has been blacktopped, the person to whom the permit has
been issued shall notify the Township. The driveway shall not be blacktopped
until the stoned-in area has been inspected and approved by the Township
or its designated representative.
Any owner, person and/or contractor who or which shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof
in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner
provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine
and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day
that a violation of this chapter continues or each section of this
chapter which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense. All fines collected for the violation of this
chapter shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Township and may be
used in any manner by the Township.