[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Penn Township
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-16-1981 by Ord. No. 255 (Ch. 81, Art. I, of the
1975 Code)]
[Amended 6-15-1998 by Ord. No. 536]
This article shall apply to those landowners, corporate or individual,
who or which own land in the Township of Penn and shall, at their
own expense, develop or improve their land, and land of others, which
improvements shall subsequently be dedicated and transferred to the
sole control and ownership of the Township of Penn.
A.
The Board of Commissioners of Penn Township may grant permission
to a landowner to construct improvements in any street upon which
his property abuts or along any land which he owns or has the beneficial
use thereof under the supervision and direction of the Board of Commissioners
of Penn Township and in accordance with its regulations and specifications.
B.
The landowner shall enter into an agreement with the Township, in
a form approved by the Township Solicitor, to comply with the Township
regulations and specifications and to construct the improvement without
expense to the Township.
C.
The contractor selected by the landowner shall file a corporate bond
or other approved security with the Township in an amount fixed by
the Township conditioned upon compliance with the regulations and
specifications adopted by the Township or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
D.
Upon completion of the improvements, the landowner shall provide
for the preparation of a plan which shall set forth the location of
the improvements and pertinent engineering data which shall be kept
on file with the Township.
E.
If an improvement built without cost to the Township is located on
private property, it shall be the obligation of the landowner to maintain
it without expense or obligation of the Township, except that when,
in the judgment of the Township, it is in the best interest of the
Township, the Township may assume the obligation, provided that the
landowner executes and records an agreement, satisfactory to the Township
Solicitor, whereby an easement or right-of-way of sufficient width
to protect and maintain the improvement is granted and the Township
is given the right of entry for inspection, repair and reconstruction.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 81-3, Repayment of
costs, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 6-15-1998
by Ord. No. 536.
