[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 1]
Permission is hereby granted, on the conditions herein set forth, to every telephone company, power company, light company, telegraph company, and television transmission company duly authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to erect, construct, and maintain such posts, poles, booths, telephones, conduits, ducts, pipes, mains, manholes, cables, wires, and all other overhead or underground apparatus and appliances necessary or convenient to the operation of such company's business on, over, under and through the official streets and public thoroughfares of the said Township of Salisbury, within the limits of said Township, and to use the property of other companies for such purposes and permit other companies to use its property for such purposes upon such arrangements as the two companies may mutually agree.
[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 2]
All poles erected by any company under the terms of this Part 3 shall extend not less than 20 feet above the surface of the ground, and shall be so located as to in no way interfere with the safety or convenience of persons traveling on or over the said official streets, highways, and public thoroughfares in the Township. In the installation and maintenance of any underground facility under the terms of this Part 3, no more of any street, highway, or public thoroughfare shall be opened or encumbered than is necessary for the efficient construction and maintenance of such underground facility.
[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 3]
Whenever any company desires to erect, lay down or construct any booths, poles, conduits, manholes, or other facility under the terms of this Part 3, it shall first present a plan or plans showing the location, number and size thereof to the Township Secretary, who is hereby authorized and empowered for and on behalf of the Board of Township Commissioners to approve or disapprove the proposed work as to location and safety. Said plan or plans, or copies thereof, with the Secretary's approval endorsed thereon, shall be filed with the Township Secretary and the Secretary shall issue to the applicant company a permit authorizing the work before any work shown thereon is started. If the Township Secretary disapproves any plan or plans, he shall designate thereon, by the use of appropriate words or marks, or both, some other location suitable for the purposes of the applicant company. In the absence of the Township Secretary, the duties and powers herein conferred upon him shall be performed and exercised by the Assistant Township Secretary.
[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 4]
The applicant shall pay to the Township a permit fee, as established from time to time by the Board of Commissioners, for each permit issued under this Part 3. In the case of posts, poles, booths or other above-ground apparatus, the applicant company shall, in addition to the permit fee, pay an occupancy fee, as established from time to time by the Board of Supervisors, for each post, pole, booth or other item of above-ground apparatus covered by the permit. In the case of manholes, conduits, or other underground facilities, the applicant company shall, in addition to the permit fee, pay an occupancy fee, as established from time to time by the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 5]
All excavations in any street, highway or public thoroughfare made in connection with the construction or erection of any post, pole, apparatus or other facility under this Part 3 shall be made, back-filled, and maintained in strict compliance with Part 1 of this Chapter 21. In addition to the permit fee and occupancy fee required by § 21-304 of this Part 3, the fees required by the aforesaid Part 1 to defray the Township's cost of permanently restoring the excavated area shall be paid by the applicant company at the time the permit is granted.
[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 6]
The applicant company shall erect, construct and maintain all posts, poles, booths, cables, wires, conduits, ducts, mains, pipes, manholes, and all other fixtures, facilities, or apparatus erected or constructed under the provision of this Part 3, in good and safe order, condition, and manner, and shall at all times fully indemnify, protect and save harmless the Township of Salisbury from and against all actions, claims, suits, damages, judgments or charges, and against all loss and necessary expenditures to the Township arising from or necessitated by the improper erection, construction and maintenance thereof, or from any company's neglect or failure to erect, construct, or maintain the same in a proper or safe manner or in good and safe order and condition.
[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 7]
Every company availing itself of the privileges conferred by this Part 3 shall be governed by all legal ordinances of a general nature affecting its operations in the Township of Salisbury that are now in force and enacted under and by virtue of the police powers of the said Township or the laws of the state, as well as all such ordinances and laws hereafter so enacted.
[Ord. 72, 3/14/1963, § 8; as amended by Ord. 11-88-303, 11/22/1988]
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this Part 3 shall, upon conviction thereof before any District Justice of the Township of Salisbury, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300; and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.