Prior to the end of the eighteen-month period when the maintenance
bond expires and before the maintenance bond is released, the Township
Engineer shall make a final inspection and certify in writing to the
Board of Supervisors that all the public improvements are in good
order. If any repairs are required or maintenance needed, the subdivider
shall be notified in writing, and such repairs or maintenance shall
be done and approved prior to certification by the Township Engineer.
The applicant shall be responsible from the time there is at
least one occupied dwelling in the proposed development to plow snow
on development roads as may be necessary to provide ingress and egress
to the occupants at the applicant's cost, prior to the acceptance
of dedicated streets. The applicant shall post with the Township the
sum of $2,500 as an escrow to provide for snow removal prior to acceptance
of dedication of the streets. The applicant simultaneously shall present
a contract with a snow removal firm indicating that the firm has been
contracted to remove snow from the development streets within four
hours after snow has stopped falling. All payments for said snow removal
shall be made from the escrow fund. In the event that the escrow should
become depleted, the applicant shall post an additional sum of $2,500
and such further amounts as may be necessary until such time as the
dedication of the streets is accepted by the Township. In the event
that the applicant or the snow removal firm does not perform in accordance
with the contract presented, the Township may hire contractors to
perform the necessary work and pay those contractors from the escrow
fund.
If any road or any drainage facilities in connection therewith
shall be opened, constructed, or dedicated for public use or travel,
except in strict accordance with plats approved and recorded as herein
provided, neither the Board of Supervisors nor any public authorities
shall place, construct, or operate any sewer, drain, water pipe or
other facilities, or do any work of any kind, in or upon such road;
and neither the Township Board of Supervisors nor any other public
authorities, shall have responsibility of any kind with respect to
any such road or drainage facilities, notwithstanding any use of the
same by the public. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall prevent the laying of trunk sewers, drains, water or gas mains,
if required by engineering necessity for the accommodating of other
territory.