[Ord. No. 223,
§§ 1, 2, 4-5-1954; Ord. No. 399, 12-10-1962]
(a)
Where any quarry or other excavation is located adjacent to a highway,
school, church, park, playground or dwellings, a protective fence
at least six (6) feet in height shall be placed around such portions
of the rim of the quarry, or excavation as constitute a hazard to
the life or safety of persons.
(b)
Warning signs shall likewise be posted.
(c)
Such fence shall be so constructed as not to have openings, holes
or gaps larger than two (2) inches in any dimension except for doors
and gates; and if a picket fence is erected or maintained the horizontal
dimension shall not exceed four (4) inches. A dwelling house or accessory
building may be used as part of such enclosure. All gates and doors
opening through such enclosure shall be equipped with a self-closing
and self-latching device for keeping the gate or door securely closed
at all times when not in actual use except that the door of any dwelling
or accessory building which forms a part of the enclosure needs not
be so equipped.
(d)
It shall be the duty of the chief of police to fix and determine
the locations where such fences and signs shall be erected, and to
give written notice to the owner and to the tenant or occupant of
any property when he deems it necessary that a fence and signs be
erected for the protection of the public and it shall be the duty
of such owner, or the tenant or occupant thereof to comply promptly
with such notice in accordance with the terms thereof.
(e)
Any person aggrieved by the action of the chief of police in respect
to his determination of the necessity for the erection of a fence
and warning signs shall have the right of appeal to the Township council.
The board will hear the matter at its next regular public meeting,
if the appeal is filed with the Township secretary at least ten (10)
days before such meeting, and will promptly hand down its decision
thereon.
