[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 1; as amended by Ord. 275, 8/6/1981, § 1]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall have, for the purpose of this Part, the meaning herein indicated:
ALLEY
A common driveway having a minimum right-of-way of 20 feet serving the rear entrance of more than two properties and on which no dwellings or stores shall front. An alley shall be graded and stoned in accordance with current standard specifications adopted by the Borough.
HIGHWAY
The whole or any part of any public street, or avenue, public road, bridge or culvert, and shall include the cartway, gutter, curb, sidewalk and the whole legal width of the right-of-way. A highway shall have a minimum width of right-of-way of 50 feet and a minimum cartway width of 36 feet between curbs. A highway shall have concrete curb and road paving and where specifically directed by ordinance, sidewalks shall be provided, and all to be constructed in accordance with current standard specifications adopted by the Borough.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, open or dedicate any road, street, land or common driveway, or any drainage facilities in connection therewith for public use or travel or to stop, fill up, confine, pave or otherwise interfere with or change the course of any drain, ditch, stream or watercourse in the Borough of Red Hill without first obtaining from the Borough Council of the Borough of Red Hill a construction permit authorizing such work to be performed, and no road, street, lane or common driveway or drainage facilities in connection therewith shall be constructed, opened or dedicated, and no drain, ditch, stream or watercourse shall be stopped, filled up, confined, paved or otherwise interfered with, or the course thereof changed, except in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of such permit and with the plans, specifications and other documents submitted with the application for said permit.
A. 
Detailed plans shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer in accordance with such rules and regulations as hereinafter prescribed. Preliminary plans may be presented to the Borough Engineer for study and criticism.
B. 
Detailed plans shall show the profiles of the highways, the course, structure and capacity of any drainage facilities and the method of drainage of the adjacent or contiguous territory, also any other or further details that may be required under the rules and regulations adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Red Hill or the Bureau of Highways.
C. 
Before acting upon any such permit the Borough Council may, in its discretion, arrange for a public hearing with respect to the same after giving such notice as it may deem desirable under the circumstances. The Borough Council may alter such plans and specifications and specify any changes or modifications of any kind which it may deem necessary with respect thereto and may make the granting of any permit subject to any such alterations, changes or modifications.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 3]
All detailed engineering plans submitted in connection with an application for a construction permit shall show:
A. 
That the street layout is adjusted to the topography of the land to assure proper provision for drainage and to provide highways of reasonable gradient.
B. 
Complete block dimensions with bearings, including all curb data and stations corresponding to those used on the profile; also lot number and lot dimensions, with bearings, in lot subdivisions.
C. 
Location of all street monuments at street intersections, angle points and beginning and ending of all curves.
D. 
Curb or center line grades and profiles showing grades, cuts and fills.
E. 
Width of right-of-way, cartway and sidewalks and position of curblines where same prevail. All curbing at street intersection shall show circular curves with radii of not less than 20 feet and a greater radii for sharp corners.
F. 
Cross-sections of proposed paving indicating depth and type of each course, position and type of curbs and sidewalks and all other improvements.
G. 
Names of all existing highways which shall be continued, and there shall be no duplication of names existing elsewhere in the Borough.
H. 
Location of all existing utility facilities, together with all service connections. A supplementary plan must be filed with the Borough Engineer, showing the location of the utility facilities and all service connections placed during the construction, prior to the dedication of said highway.
I. 
Course, structure and capacity of all drainage facilities.
J. 
A proposed right-of-way not less than 40 feet along natural watercourses, to provide for the construction and maintenance of future sewers.
K. 
Plans shall be drawn to a minimum scale of 50 feet to an inch. Profiles of proposed improvements showing grades, cuts and fills shall be drawn to a scale of 40 feet horizontal and four feet vertical to an inch.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 4]
1. 
The original plan of highways and/or property when approved in accordance with this Part shall be signed on behalf of the Borough Council by the President and attested by the Secretary.
2. 
Three copies, on linen, shall be filed in the Office of the Borough Engineer, where the same shall be available for public inspection.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 5]
All highways shall be graded to the full width of the right-of-way.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 6]
All culverts, bridges and storm sewers shall be constructed for the full width of the highway. Where bridges, dams, etc., are placed on streams with a drainage area of 1/2 square mile or larger, application for a permit must be made to the Water and Power Resources Board, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 7; as amended by Ord. 340, 12/6/1988]
1. 
Application for a construction permit shall be filed with the Secretary of Borough Council on the form supplied by the Borough and shall be accompanied by three sets of plans and specifications prepared by a registered professional engineer, as provided in § 21-103 hereof, setting forth the location and nature of the work, and shall be verified by affidavit made by or on behalf of the owner or owners. A fee, as established from time to time by resolution, shall accompany each application for a construction permit. As part of the construction permit application, the applicant also shall provide the Borough with a certificate of insurance evidencing coverage for general commercial liability and damage to personal property in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 in the aggregate from the contractor(s) or subcontractor(s) performing the work. The certificate shall name Red Hill Borough, its elected and appointed officials, agents, successors and assigns and the Borough Engineer as additional insureds and shall provide that coverage may not be amended, cancelled or terminated without prior written notice to the Borough. If the contractor is a utility company or utility provider performing work within the public right-of-way and is self-insured, the contractor shall produce a certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the Borough Solicitor, which evidences that self-insurance is in effect for the foregoing amount and names Red Hill Borough and the Borough Engineer as certificate holders.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2019-550, 1/9/2019; by Ord. No. 2020-564, 5/13/2020; and by Ord. No. 2021-576, 10/13/2021]
2. 
Upon the arrival of the construction application and plans by the Borough Engineer, the Borough Secretary shall issue a construction permit. The applicant shall pay the actual cost of any material tests made and shall reimburse the Borough for inspection at a rate, as established from time to time by resolution, for each day or part thereof a Borough Inspector is on the work.
3. 
Any such permit shall become null and void if the work for which the same is granted shall not be commenced within six months from the grant of such permit; provided, however, that such permit may be extended for a period of six months upon application in writing to the Borough Engineer.
4. 
The Borough Engineer shall be notified 24 hours in advance of the commencement of any construction operation such as grading, paving or sewer installation, in order that provisions may be made for the proper inspection of such construction operation.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 8]
The grant of any permit shall not impose upon the Borough any obligation whatever to take over any of the work covered thereby as a public improvement for any purpose whatever, unless accepted by ordinance.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 9]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Red Hill shall have no responsibility of any kind with respect to any highway or any drainage facilities in connection therewith notwithstanding any use of the same by the public, unless the highway or drainage facilities are accepted by ordinance.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 10]
1. 
Before approving any subdivision plan for recording, the Borough Council shall either require that the necessary grading, paving and other street improvements, including where specified by the Borough Council, curbs, sidewalks, streets lights, fire hydrants, water mains, sanitary sewers and storm sewers shall have been installed in strict accordance with the standards and specifications of the Borough or that the Borough be assured by means of a proper completion guarantee in the form of a bond, with surety satisfactory to the Borough, or the deposit of funds or securities in escrow sufficient to cover the cost to the owner of the required improvements, as estimated by the Borough Engineer, that the said improvements will subsequently be installed by the owner.
2. 
Where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of this Section could result in unnecessary hardship, the Borough Council may permit issuance of permits where a guarantee had been furnished conditioned for the satisfactory completion of the improvements in accordance with the provisions of this Part and other applicable Borough regulations, in such portion or portions of the subdivision which the owner immediately intends to improve, or the Borough Council may grant other reasonable exceptions to the provisions of this Section as will not be contrary to the public interest subject to conditions necessary to assure adequate streets and other public improvements.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 11; as amended by Ord. 340, 12/6/1988; and by Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall construct, open or dedicate any street or any drainage facility in connection therewith for public use or travel in the Borough of Red Hill, without having first complied with the provisions of §§ 1666 and 1667 of the Act of July 10, 1947, P.L. 1621, or to this Part adopted pursuant thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, 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 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 12]
In case any person shall construct, open or dedicate any street or any drainage facility in connection therewith for public use or travel in the Borough of Red Hill without having first complied with the provisions of this Part or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, in addition to other remedies provided by law, any appropriate action or proceeding, whether by legal or equitable process or otherwise, may be instituted or taken to prevent such unlawful opening, dedication or use, to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the construction, reconstruction or alteration of drainage facilities thereon or to prevent any illegal act in connection therewith.
[Ord. 67, 4/2/1956, § 13; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-564, 5/13/2020]
1. 
Subdivision regulations may be adopted to carry out the intent and purpose of this Part and shall be accomplished by ordinance of the Borough Council. Such regulations, when approved by ordinance of the Borough Council, may cover all or any part of the preliminary plans, improvements, permits, construction requirements, conditions of acceptance of streets or other improvements and any other matters covered by Chapter 22, "Subdivision and Land Development." Such regulations when approved by ordinance of the Borough Council shall have the same force and effect as the provisions of this Part and violations of the same shall be subject to the same penalties as provided in this Part. Any of the regulations may be approved, amended, modified or repealed by ordinance of Borough Council.
2. 
In those instances where new streets and/or road widening improvements are to be constructed in the Borough of Red Hill in connection with an application and preliminary/final plans for subdivision or land development, the review and approval process, construction standards and specifications, land development agreements, financial security, dedication and maintenance guarantee requirements of Chapter 22 (Subdivision and Land Development) of the Code of Ordinances of the Borough of Red Hill shall apply.