[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 1]
From and after the adoption of this Part, no private road or
driveway which joins any Township road, nor any alley or road intended
for public use which joins any Township road shall be constructed
without first providing for the installation of drainage facilities
at the intersection of such road, driveways or alleys with the Township
road in accordance with the specifications adopted by the Supervisors.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 2]
Application for such permit shall be made by the owner, or occupier,
or by his contractor or agent, in writing, on forms provided by the
Township and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may
be established by the Township. There shall be appended to each application
a drawing or plan showing the outlines of the property affected with
existing improvements thereon, existing drains, culverts, footwalks,
drives and driveways, with the proposed drain, culvert, footwalk,
drive or driveway, proposed to be added, and the relationship of the
foregoing to the Township road, particularly with relationship to
the effect on the drainage of said road.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 3]
Upon receipt of such application and the payment of requisite
fees and costs, the Supervisors shall direct the Township Engineer
or other authorized representative to make an inspection of the place
of the proposed construction and ascertain the proper drainage facilities
to be provided.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 4]
Upon receipt by the Supervisors of the report of the Inspecting
Officer of the Township, the Supervisors shall issue a permit to the
applicant approving such construction and directing the type of drainage
facilities which must be provided.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 5]
1.
The type of drainage facilities to be provided shall be determined
in the sole discretion of the Supervisors. The minimum requirement
for such drain shall be as follows:
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 6]
The installation of the type of drainage facilities approved
in each particular case shall be in accordance with the specifications
adopted by the Supervisors.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 7]
Upon completion of the installation of the drainage facility,
the Inspecting Officer of the Township shall make an inspection of
the installation to determine that the same has been completed in
accordance with the specifications of the Township and shall make
a report of his findings to the Supervisors.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 8]
It shall be the obligation of the person for whose benefit said
roads, driveway or alley were constructed, or his successors and assigns,
to maintain and keep open such drainage facility.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 9]
No road hereafter presented to the Supervisors for acceptance
as part of the Township road system shall be accepted by the Supervisors
unless each intersecting private or public road, driveway, or alley
shall be equipped with drainage facilities meeting the specifications
of the Supervisors as prescribed in this Part.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 10]
It shall be unlawful for any person to enlarge, alter or reconstruct
any existing private road, driveway, alley, or road intended for public
use at its intersection with any Township road without first complying
with the terms of this Part.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 11]
Whenever the Township Engineer certifies to the Supervisors
of the Township that an existing drainage system or facility over
or under any private road, driveway or alley creates a drainage problem
with the adjoining Township road, the Supervisors shall notify the
property owner of such condition, which condition shall be remedied
by the property owner by the installation of proper drainage facilities
within the terms of this Part within 60 days of receipt of such notice.
[Ord. 45, 8/19/1986, § 12; as amended by A.O.]
Any person who shall violate any terms of this Part or who shall
fail to maintain or keep open such drainage facility or who shall
stop, fill up, or injure any such drain or shall divert or change
the course thereof, without the authority of the Supervisors, or permit
the same to become a nuisance to the Township by flooding or blocking
the adjoining Township road, upon conviction thereof in an action
brought before a magisterial district judge 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, together with the cost of restoring such drainage
facilities or correcting the defective drainage facility 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. All fines and costs so recovered
shall be paid to the Township Treasurer.
