[Adopted 12-12-1972 by Ord. No. 9 (Ch. 21, Part 3, of the 2001 Code of Ordinances)]
Upon and after the effective date of this article, upon application in writing accompanied by the fee provided in this article, and good cause being shown therefor, the Township Supervisors shall issue special permits, in writing, authorizing the applicant to operate or move upon any Township road, the following:
A. 
A vehicle or a tractor, or combination thereof, of sizes and weights exceeding the maximum specified in the Act of April 29, 1959, P.L. 58, as amended; every such permit shall be issued for a single trip, or continuous round trip and shall designate the route to be traversed.
B. 
Any heavy piece of quarry equipment or machinery of a size and weight exceeding the maximum specified by the Act of April 29, 1959, P.L. 58, as amended; across any highway from one part of a quarry to another, or upon the highways connecting by the most direct route any quarries or portion of quarries under the single ownership or operation of such person, this permit to be issued for the license year as provided by this article; no such permit shall be issued for the movement of such equipment or machinery for a distance greater than 1/2 mile.
Any of the above permits shall be subject to such rules and regulations and any other conditions or restrictions, including the obligation on the part of the permittee to restore or replace any section of highway or bridge damaged as the result of such movement, whether or not the same was attributable to negligence on the part of the permittee, as shall be deemed necessary by the authorities granting such permit.
[Amended 11-13-2001 by Ord. No. 106]
Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle or tractor to which it refers, shall be open to inspection to any police officer or person having collision with such vehicle or tractor and shall be revocable at any time at the discretion of the official who issued the same.
[Amended 11-13-2001 by Ord. No. 106]
The fee for a permit covered by § 369-1A shall be an amount as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The fee for the permit covering § 369-1B, which shall be issued for a period of one year, shall be an amount as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 11-13-2001 by Ord. No. 106]
Any person operating or moving a vehicle or tractor or load of a size or weight exceeding the maximum allowable without first having obtained a permit or permits so to do, and any person altering or forging a special permit for excessive size and weight, or presenting or exhibiting an altered or forged special permit for excessive size and weight, 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 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 article continues or each section of this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.