[Adopted 7-26-1967 by Ord. No. 1967-13 (Ch. 228, Art. II, of the 1995 Code)]
[Amended 9-23-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-7]
It shall be unlawful for any person, company, firm or corporation to tear up, dig into, break up, displace or excavate any of the existing curbs for the purpose of installing driveways in the Township of Riverside without first obtaining approval from the Riverside Township Joint Land Use Board. Each applicant shall pay a $50 application fee to the Board for approval of the driveway and location, and no notice shall be required to surrounding property owners. Upon receipt of approval from the Board, a permit for driveway construction, including any excavation necessary for same, shall be issued. A separate permit will be required for each opening made. Any such permit shall state the location and approximately the size of the opening to be made. No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything not stated in the permit. No more than one driveway shall be permitted for any residential lot.
[Amended 9-23-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-7]
The work on any opening to be made for driveways to be installed under such permit shall be commenced within 10 days from the date of such permit and the work prosecuted with due diligence to its completion. If for any reason work is not commenced within said period of 10 days, the permit shall be void unless within such period of 10 days the applicant shall present the permit to the Building Inspector who shall extend the time for the beginning of said work for another period of 10 days by endorsement on the permit, and no permit so extended shall be valid unless the work thereunder shall commence within 10 days from the date of such endorsement. Unless occasioned by inclement weather or other element outside the control of the permittee, permits may be extended only one time by the Building Inspector, and thereafter a new permit must be issued subject to the process set forth in § 384-4, above.
The driveways to be installed shall be in strict accordance with the provisions of plan of standard driveways on file in the office of the Township Clerk, and said plan is a part of this article, and the applicant will be furnished with a copy of said plan upon requesting the same from the Building Inspector.
All driveways in the Township of Riverside shall be in accordance with this article, and any steel plate or other obstructions in the curbs and gutters in the streets in the Township of Riverside are hereby specifically forbidden, and any and all old driveways not properly constructed shall be completed in accordance with this article.
There shall be no variance from the plan on file with the Township Clerk unless application has been made to the Riverside Township Committee for said variance, granted by the Committee and after approval by the Riverside Board of Adjustment.
[Amended 9-25-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-10; 9-23-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-7]
Any person, company, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this article and/or shall fail to restore curbs and construct a driveway in compliance with plan on file with the Township Clerk as hereinbefore provided after written notice so to do by the Township Engineer shall be subject to one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,250; a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days; or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.