[Ord. 1-74, 6/3/1974, § 1]
In accordance with the provisions of § 1156 of Article
XI of the Second Class Township Code, as amended, no railroad or street
railway shall hereafter be constructed upon any Township road, nor
shall any railroad or street railway crossings, nor any gas pipe,
water pipe, electric conduits, or other piping, be laid upon or in,
nor shall any telephone, telegraph, or electric light or power poles,
or any coal tipples or any other obstructions be erected upon or in,
any portion of a Township road except under such conditions, restrictions
and regulations relating to the installation and maintenance thereof,
as may be prescribed in permits granted by the Township for such purpose.
[Ord. 1-74, 6/3/1974, § 2]
The application for a permit shall be on a form prescribed by
the Township and submitted to the Township in triplicate. The application
shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the schedule of fees
set forth by the Department of Transportation, for highway occupancy
permits and restoration charges. In addition, the applicant shall
submit three copies of a sketch showing such dimensions as the location
of the intended facility, width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way
lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
[Ord. 1-74, 6/3/1974, § 3]
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after all the aforementioned
requirements have been filed.
[Ord. 1-74, 6/3/1974, § 4]
Upon completion of the work, the applicant shall give written
notice thereof to the Township.
[Ord. 1-74, 6/3/1974, § 5]
Upon completion of the work authorized by the permit, the Township
shall inspect the work and, when necessary, enforce compliance with
the conditions, restrictions and regulations prescribed by the permit.
Where any settlement or defect in the work occurs, if the applicant
shall fail to rectify any such settlement or other defect within 60
days after written notice from the Township to do so, the Township
may do the work and shall impose upon the applicant the cost thereof,
together with an additional 20% of such cost.
[Ord. 1-74, 6/3/1974, § 6; as amended by Ord. 91-4,
9/3/1991; and by Ord. 3-97, 8/5/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
