[Ord. No. 2018-2286, 4/10/2018]
From and after the effective date hereof, it shall be unlawful
for any person or corporation to construct or commence construction
of any pipeline for the transmission of any substance within the Borough
of Phoenixville without having first submitted to the Borough Council
of the Borough of Phoenixville plans and specifications therefor,
showing in detail the route of such lines, the public improvements
and property owners whose lands the same shall cross, the methods
of construction, the proposed use of said line, including the pressures
at which products will be transmitted, the proposed methods of restoration
of land surface and such other information relating to the project
as the Borough Council shall deem relevant.
[Ord. No. 2018-2286, 4/10/2018]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Phoenixville upon receipt
of such plans, specifications and other information shall conduct
a public hearing giving prior written notice thereof to all property
owners through whose land the line shall pass and by advertisement
in one newspaper of general circulation in the locations of the line.
At said hearing, all persons interested shall be entitled to examine
such plans and to be heard with regard to the same.
[Ord. No. 2018-2286, 4/10/2018]
Within 30 days after said hearing the Borough Council of the
Borough of Phoenixville shall render its decision as to the suitability
of the said plans, together with its requirements as to changes, if
any, which should be made in such plans and methods of construction
or in the location of the lines with particular reference to safety
of persons and property and the orderly development of the areas affected.
Notice of the filing of said report, together with information as
to where copies may be obtained, shall be published by the Secretary
of the Borough of Phoenixville in a newspaper of general circulation
in the said Borough and copies of said report shall be sent by the
Borough Secretary to such state or federal regulatory commissions
or bodies having jurisdiction with a request that such recommendations
shall be made on requirements for construction.
[Ord. No. 2018-2286, 4/10/2018]
The provisions of this Part shall not apply to pipelines to
be constructed and located wholly within the owner's lands or
connecting the owner's buildings with existing water, sewer,
gas or other utility facilities.
[Ord. No. 2018-2286, 4/10/2018]
Any person or corporation who or which shall violate any provision
of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution or, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not
more than 30 days.
