[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In accordance with the provisions of Section 2322 of Article
XXIII of the Second Class Township Code, as amended (53 P.S. § 67322),
no railroad or street railway shall hereafter be constructed upon
any Township road, nor shall any railroad or street railway crossings,
driveway connections, gas pipe, water pipe, electric conduits, or
other piping, be laid upon or in, nor shall any telephone, telegraph,
or electric light or power poles, or any coal tipples or any other
obstructions be erected upon or in, any portion of a Township road
except under such conditions, restrictions and regulations relating
to the installation and maintenance thereof, as may be prescribed
in permits granted by the Township for such purposes.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The application for a permit shall be on a form prescribed by
the Township and submitted to the Township in duplicate. The application
shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the schedule of fees
set forth by the Department of Transportation for highway occupancy
permits and restoration charges. In addition, the applicant shall
submit three copies of a sketch showing such dimensions as the location
of the intended facility, width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way
lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after all the aforementioned
requirements have been filed.
Upon completion of the work, the applicant shall give written
notice thereof to the Township.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Upon completion of the work authorized by the permit, the Township
shall inspect the work and, when necessary, enforce compliance with
the conditions, restrictions and regulations prescribed by the permit.
In addition to that inspection, the Board of Supervisors or its agents
may reinspect the work not more than two years after its completion,
and if any settlement of the road surface or other defect appears
in the work contrary to the conditions, restrictions and regulations
of the Township, the Board of Supervisors may enforce compliance therewith.
Where any settlement or defect in the work occurs, if the applicant
fails to rectify a defect which presents an immediate or imminent
safety or health problem within 48 hours or any 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 cost.
[Amended 5-21-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-1]
Violations of this article shall be punishable as a summary offense as set forth in §
1-16A of this Code.
Any ordinance or part of ordinance inconsistent herewith is
hereby repealed insofar as it is inconsistent herewith.