A.
Every person owning, using, controlling or having an interest in
pipes, conduits, ducts or other structures under the surface of any
street used for the purpose of supplying or conveying gas, electricity,
communication impulses, water or steam to or from the Township or
to or from its inhabitants, or for any other purpose, shall file with
the Township Engineer within one year after the adoption of this chapter
accurate information showing the as-built location, size and description
of all such installations.
B.
Within 30 days after the first day of January of each and every year,
such person shall file with the Township Engineer additional information
showing installations, including all those made or abandoned during
the previous year; provided, however, that if no additions have been
made to its installation during the previous year, a utility or authority
may file with the Engineer a written statement to that effect within
the period of time specified above. A utility or authority may, at
its own option, elect to provide additional information throughout
the year as it is available rather than proceed as above noted. The
Township Engineer may, however, request additional information periodically
as may be necessitated by proposed construction or reconstruction
of roadways within the Township.
If the work to be undertaken by the permittee is such that it
will affect the use of properties abutting or adjoining the project
or subsurface installations, including utilities, in the vicinity
of the proposed opening, the permittee shall be required to submit
evidence in affidavit form that notices were served on the owners
and tenants of such properties and subsurface installations personally
or by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000
or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. Each
day that a violation is permitted to exist after notice in writing
shall have been served by the Clerk shall constitute a separate offense.
The terms of this chapter shall not apply to a street in any
subdivision or industrial park approved by the Township Planning Board
prior to the Township of Mansfield's accepting said street for
maintenance.
