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.