No blasting permit shall be issued until the applicant has filed a bond of a paid surety approved by the Board of Supervisors in the form satisfactory to the Township Solicitor, conditioned for the payment of any damage or injury to person or property. The principal amount of the bond shall be the sum of $5,000,000 unless, in the opinion of the Township, such amount is inadequate because of the site of the blasting operation or the place of storage of the explosives. In such event, the amount of the bond shall be fixed by the Township. Where an applicant applies for a blasting permit at the same time, only one bond need be given under this section. Applicant may, with the approval of the Township, submit a certificate of insurance coverage with an A-rated insurance carrier in an amount of not less than $10,000,000 per occurrence in lieu of such bond. The certificate must be in a form approved by the Township Solicitor.
Where any quarry or other excavation in excess of 12 feet in depth at the deepest point is located adjacent to or within 500 feet of a highway, school, church, park, playground, or dwelling, or when water in excess of three feet in depth at the deepest point is permitted to accumulate and remain in any quarry or other excavation for a period of 48 hours, a protective fence at least six feet in height, surmounted by three strands of barbed wire, shall be placed around such portions of the rim of the quarry or excavation as may constitute a hazard to the life or safety of persons. Each opening for ingress and egress through said fence shall be supplied with a gate, and said gate shall be kept closed and locked at any time when said opening is not attended by an owner, tenant or occupant of the property or a representative of the owner, tenant, or occupant of the property. An impenetrable living fence, such as multiflora rose, may be substituted for chain-link fence. Appropriate warning signs shall be mounted or posted along the fence at intervals of not more than 100 feet.
Any person aggrieved by any action of the Township Secretary, any Inspector, or Engineer shall have the right to appeal to the Board of Supervisors. The Board will hear the matter at its next regular public meeting, if the appeal is filed with the Township Secretary at least 10 days before such meeting, and promptly hand down its decision thereon.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or of any other part thereof.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.