[Adopted 4-21-2016 by Ord. No. 07-16]
All mailboxes for the receipt of United States mail located in or adjacent to any right-of-way within the Township of Mine Hill shall be constructed with the following specifications:
A. 
Every mailbox used for the receipt of mail shall have been approved by the United States Postal Service.
B. 
The front of the mailbox must be a minimum of four inches from the curbline or edge of pavement of every roadway. If there is no pavement on the road, then it is from the generally accepted travel portion of the road.
C. 
The bottom of the mailbox must be at least 41 inches and no more than 45 inches above the roadway elevation.
D. 
All posts to support the mailbox shall be constructed of stable material and installed at least 30 inches below grade.
E. 
Number 8 minimum size screws that are weather resistant shall be used for the assembly of the mailbox and post. No nails for the construction of the same shall be permitted.
F. 
Mailboxes which do not meet these requirements are not a permitted structure and remain in the right-of-way solely at the liability of the abutting property owner.
All mailboxes within the Township that do not meet these requirements upon the effective date of this article shall have eight months from the effective date of this article to comply with these requirements.
In the event Township vehicles or Township employees, in the process of clearing snow and ice from the road or doing maintenance or construction work, destroy or damage any mailbox and the support therefor, the Township will replace the mailbox and support post with like-kind materials. In the event that the mailbox and support damaged do not comply with the requirements of this article, the Township reserves the right not to replace the mailbox or support.