[Adopted 9-10-1974 by Ord. No. 53 (Ch. 21, Part 2, of the
1987 Code)]
No person, firm or corporation shall grade, construct, install
or erect a drain, culvert, footwalk, drive or driveway, or other means
of ingress or egress, or affecting discharge or passage of drainage
water onto or along a Township road unless and until the Township
has granted a permit for such grading, construction, installation
or erection.
Application for such permit shall be made by the owner or occupier,
or by his contractor or agent, in writing, on forms provided by the
Township and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may
be established by the Township. There shall be appended to each application
a drawing or plan showing the outlines of the property affected, with
existing improvements thereon, existing drains, culverts, footwalks,
drives and driveway proposed to be added, and the relationship to
the effect on the drainage of said road.
The costs of filing such application and permit to be issued
thereon, and the cost of any inspection deemed necessary by the Supervisors,
shall be determined according to a schedule of fees which will be
adopted by the Supervisors by resolution, and all such fees and costs
shall be paid to the Township treasury.
The Supervisors may alter plans filed with an application and
specify any changes or modifications of any kind which they may deem
necessary and make approval of the granting of any permits subject
to any such alterations, changes or modifications.
All grading, construction, installation, and erection shall
be in strict compliance with the plans and specifications on the basis
of which the permit is granted.
[Amended 9-1-1987 by Ord. No. 85; 9-10-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-6]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a civil fine in an amount of not less than $100 nor more than $600
in addition to costs and attorneys' fees.
