[Ord. 405, 3/6/2002, § 22-17]
Applications for construction permits shall be filed with the
Borough Secretary on the form supplied by the Borough and shall be
accompanied by three sets of plans and specifications prepared by
a registered professional engineer, setting forth the location and
nature of the work, together with the engineering data necessary for
completion of the work, and shall be verified by an affidavit made
by or on behalf of the owner or owners. A fee of $50 shall accompany
each application for a construction permit.
[Ord. 405, 3/6/2002, § 22-18]
Every application for a construction permit shall include construction
items and quantities of all planned work.
[Ord. 405, 3/6/2002, § 22-19]
Upon approval of the construction application, plans and specifications
by the Borough, the Borough shall issue a construction permit to the
owner of the property. The owner of the property shall pay the cost
of any material tests and shall reimburse the Borough for the necessary
inspection at the rate of $30 per hour or fraction thereof, portal
to portal, for each inspection.
[Ord. 405, 3/6/2002, § 22-20]
The Borough shall be notified 72 hours in advance of the commencement
of any construction operation, such as grading, sewer installations
or paving, in order that provision may be made for the proper inspection
of such construction operation. Samples of materials and every reasonable
facility for ascertaining whether the work is in conformity with the
provisions of this chapter shall be furnished to the proper officers
and employees of the Borough in the same manner as is required of
contractors under the terms of the highway specifications of the Borough.
[Ord. 405, 3/6/2002, § 22-21]
1.
All highways shall be graded to the full width of the right-of-way.
All culverts, bridges and storm sewers shall be constructed for the
width required for grading.
2.
Bridges and culverts shall be designed to support expected loads
and to carry expected flows and shall be constructed to the full width
of the right-of-way. Whenever a drainage area of 1/2 square mile or
more is involved, a permit to construct must be obtained from the
Butler County Conservation District of the Commonwealth before a construction
permit is issued by the Borough.
3.
Means of ingress and egress for vehicles to and from each lot or
parcel shall be shown on the plans for installation in the manner
required by the Borough for depressed curbs and driveways across sidewalks.
[Ord. 405, 3/6/2002, § 22-22]
The granting of any permit hereunder shall not impose upon the
Borough any obligation whatever to take over any of the work covered
thereby as a public improvement for any purpose whatever, unless duly
approved and accepted by the Borough Council. The Borough shall have
no responsibility of any kind with respect to any street, road, drainage
facility or other public improvement, notwithstanding any use thereof
by the public, unless it has been duly approved and accepted by the
Borough Council.
