[Ord. 1975-1, 9/30/1975, § 1]
No person, firm or corporation shall grade, construct, install
or erect a drain, culvert, footwalk, drain or driveway or other means
of ingress or egress or affecting discharge or passage of drainage
water into or along a Township road unless and until the Township
has granted a permit for such grading, construction, installation
or erection.
[Ord. 1975-1, 9/30/1975, § 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 rain, 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. 1975-1, 9/30/1975, § 3]
The fee for filing such application and permit to be issued
thereon and the cost of any inspection deemed necessary by the Supervisors
shall be those provided in the PennDOT fee schedule for state highway
occupancy permits which is in force at the time of filing such application
and all such fees shall be paid into the Township Treasury.
[Ord. 1975-1, 9/30/1975, § 4]
The Supervisors may alter plans filed with application and specify
any changes or modifications of any kind which they may deem necessary
and make its approval of the granting of any permits subject to any
such alterations, changes or modifications.
[Ord. 1975-1, 9/30/1975, § 5]
All grading, construction, installation and erection shall be
in strict compliance with the plans and specifications on the basis
of which the permit is granted.
[Ord. 1975-1, 9/30/1975, § 6]
Upon completion of the work authorized by the permit or upon the commencement or completion of any grading or construction referred to in § 21-101 hereof which is accomplished without the issuance of a permit the Township shall inspect the work and, when necessary, enforce compliance with the conditions, restrictions and regulations prescribed by the permit. Where any settlement or defect in the work occurs, if the applicant shall fail to rectify and such settlement or other defect within 60 days after written notice from the Township to do so, the Township may do the work and shall impose upon the applicant the cost thereof, together with an additional 20% of such costs.
[Ord. 1975-1, 9/30/1975, § 7; as amended by Ord.
1997-2, 3/6/1997; and by Ord. 1998-2, 3/5/1998]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice 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 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.
