[Adopted 1-24-2018 by Ord. No. 1080]
The purpose of this article is to promote the general health, safety, and welfare of the community and provide safer public Township roads.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ARTIFICIAL DRAINAGE FACILITIES
Those facilities which are used to collect, reroute, drain, or otherwise divert water from its natural course and include, but are not limited to, rain spouts, cellar drains, spillway for ponds or dams, overflow from storage ponds or containers, and facilities carrying sewage.
DRIVEWAY
Any vehicular entrance or exit to private property from or to a Township road, whether it is designed as such or not, whether it is surfaced or unsurfaced, and shall also include parking areas along the Township road.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm, or corporation.
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Any road or street adopted or maintained by the Township of White and includes the full width of the Township's right-of-way, together with all ditches, watercourses, and facilities maintained by the Township therein.
A. 
No person shall construct a new driveway or install or replace any culvert pipe under an existing driveway until they have received a permit from the Township.
B. 
Application for the permit must be on the forms provided by the Township, and shall be accompanied by the fee established by the Township from time to time.
C. 
The application shall describe the intended construction in accordance with the standards set forth in this article relating to depth, slope, size, and location of any culvert pipe.
D. 
The Township shall review the application, inspect the site of the driveway, and issue any comments before issuing the permit.
E. 
Upon completion of the work authorized by the permit, the applicant shall notify the Township for final inspection.
F. 
A permit shall be valid for a period of three months.
A. 
All driveways and related improvements shall be located and constructed in such a manner as to not impair drainage or normal maintenance within road rights-of-way, alter the stability of a roadway, subgrade, or roadway embankment, change the drainage of adjacent areas, or interfere with the traveling public.
B. 
Repairs to a driveway, a driveway entrance, drain, culvert, or swale shall be performed in such a manner that the repairs shall not change the original design or existing conditions unless a new design and specifications are submitted to the Township for approval.
C. 
Driveway entrances shall be located so as to provide safe access to the intersecting road. To accomplish this, Pennsylvania Code, Title 67, Transportation, Department of Transportation, Chapter 441, Access to and Occupancy of Highways by Driveways and Local Roads, shall be used as a guide and the requirements therein shall be followed as closely as reasonably possible, subject to the review of the Township.
D. 
When possible, driveway grades shall not exceed 8% within the road right-of-way, and shall not exceed 14% on the remainder of the driveway. Special consideration shall be given to avoid excessive cuts and/or fills to achieve this standard. Slopes on cuts or fills shall not exceed 3:1 (three horizontal to one vertical).
E. 
Where it is necessary to install or replace culvert(s) under a driveway to keep the drainage channel open, it shall be the responsibility of the permit holder to do so in accordance with these standards. The culvert shall be a minimum 12 inches in diameter and sized appropriately to carry the normal flow of the drainage channel. The Township will take the existing culverts, ditch, channels, or any other conveyance into consideration in determining appropriate culvert size.
F. 
Any culvert(s) installed shall be of sufficient strength to bear the weight of the heaviest vehicle normally using the driveway and shall be reinforced concrete, standard plastic drainage pipe, or its equivalent. The equivalency substitute has to be approved, in writing, by the Township prior to installation.
G. 
A minimum fall of 2% shall be maintained from the edge of the pavement or cartway of the Township road to the top of the culvert cover.
A. 
No person shall design, construct, or maintain any driveway or artificial drainage facility which shall permit water in any form, mud, rock, or debris be deposited upon or discharged over a Township road;
B. 
No person shall design, construct or maintain any driveway in any manner which will block, impede, or restrict the flow of culverts, ditches, or other drainage facilities relating to a Township road;
C. 
No person shall design, construct, or maintain any driveway in any manner which restricts or permits the restriction of sight distance below standards established in Title 67 S201.6 (16) of the Pennsylvania Code,[1] as amended, which standards are hereby incorporated by reference.
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Editor's Note: So in original.
A. 
All driveways and related improvements shall be maintained in such a manner as to not impair drainage or normal maintenance within road rights-of-way, or interfere with the traveling public.
B. 
Roads should be kept free of mud, debris, snow, ice, stormwater, and any other nuisance.
C. 
Removing obstructions including trees, brush, rocks, landscaping, and signs to allow for appropriate site distance.
There is hereby imposed a fee for the issuance of permits required under this article, which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and paid upon the application for permit. Said fee shall be retained by the Township for its general use.
Any person, whether as principal or agent, firm or corporation, who shall violate this article, or assist or abet its violation, 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 less than $50 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues or each section of this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.