[Ord. 117, 12/4/1967, § 1; as amended by Ord. No. 01-2024-667, 1/25/2024]
No person, firm or corporation shall install or cause to be installed any curbing or sidewalks along any public Township street or along any proposed street that has been dedicated to public use in the Township of Salisbury, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the "Township"), except in accordance with the provisions and conditions of this Part 4.
[Ord. 117, 12/4/1967, § 2; as amended by Ord. No. 01-2024-667, 1/25/2024]
Every public Township street and every proposed public street which has been dedicated to public use shall be divided into a cartway or road area in the center thereof with curbing, planting, and sidewalk areas on each side thereof of widths depending upon the overall width of the street right-of-way from property line to property line, as referenced in the Township Standards.[1]
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Editor's Note: Said standards are included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Ord. 117, 12/4/1967, § 5; as amended by Ord. 4-87-285, 4/23/1987, § 2; by Ord. No. 01-2024-667, 1/25/2024]
A property owner may apply for a permit to voluntarily install curbing and/or sidewalks at any time providing the appropriate permit application and fee are received by the Township and the appropriate permit is issued. However, Salisbury Township reserves the right to refuse to issue a curb and/or sidewalk permit in those instances where the cost of design and stakeout is judged to be unreasonably high, or it is judged that the installation of curbing and/or sidewalk would result in no public benefit. Nothing herein would prevent the issuance of a permit if the applicant agreed to pay the total cost for establishing line and grade.
[Ord. 117, 12/4/1967, § 6; as amended by Ord. No. 01-2024-667, 1/25/2024]
After the excavation has been made and the forms have been set for the pouring of any curbing or sidewalk, the Township Engineer, or his designee, shall be notified so that he may inspect the work before any concrete is poured. No concrete shall be poured until such inspection has been made and approval is given by the Township Engineer, or his designee, to proceed with the pouring. Any curbing and/or sidewalks installed contrary to the provisions of this § 21-406 or of any other provision of this Part 4 is hereby declared to be a nuisance per se and shall, notwithstanding any prosecution being brought under § 21-408 of this Part 4, be removed within 15 days of written notice to do so given by the Township to the owner of the subject property.
[Ord. 117, 12/4/1967, § 7; as amended by Ord. 4-87-285, 4/23/1987, § 2; Ord. No. 01-2024-667, 1/25/2024]
1. 
The Board of Commissioners of the Township shall have the right to compel the owner of any private property abutting on any public street or on any proposed public street dedicated to public use in the Township to install curbing and/or sidewalk along said private property, or to repair or replace existing curbing and/or sidewalk which is in need of repair or replacement, in accordance with the terms of this Part 4. Curbing and/or sidewalk shall not be required when a building permit application is received for a lot in an older subdivision or an established neighborhood, except where the installation of curbing and/or sidewalk will result in the extension of curbing and/or sidewalk already existing on an adjacent property or properties or will complete the curbing and/or sidewalk for a block.
2. 
If the owner of such property fails to install, repair or replace such curbing and/or sidewalk, as the case may be, after 30 days' written notice from the Township to do so, the Township shall install, repair or replace such curbing and/or sidewalk and collect the cost of such work and the Township Engineer's charge for establishing the line and grade for such curbing, plus an additional 10% of such cost, from the owner of the property along which the curbing has been installed, repaired, or replaced, said charges to be collectible by the Township in the manner provided by law for the collection of Township claims or by an action in assumpsit.
[Ord. 117, 12/4/1967, § 8; as amended by Ord. 11-88-303, 11/22/1988; by Ord. No. 01-2024-667, 1/25/2024]
Any person, partnership or partner thereof, or any corporation or officer thereof, who violates any provision of this Part 4 shall, upon conviction thereof before any District Justice in the Township, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment for a period of not more than 90 days. Each day a violation occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of this Part.