[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 8]
All wires shall be securely fastened to insulators and maintained at a height as not to interfere with the use of the public highways or exits to private property, and the insulation on electric light and power wires shall be kept a sufficient distance apart to prevent contact or interference with wires carrying low-tension current.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 9]
Every person shall replace and properly relay that portion of any sidewalk or street pavement which may have been displaced or damaged in the construction or maintenance of any pole of which such person is owner.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 3]
The owners of all poles located on the public highways of the Township shall mark or stencil thereon by the use of oil paint their names or initials and, also in like manner, number each pole belonging to such owners.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 5]
It shall be the duty of the Board of Township Commissioners to make or cause to be made from time to time a thorough and careful inspections of all poles, cables and wires maintained on, over, across and along the public highways of the Township.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 5]
If any pole, cable or wire shall be found defective or dangerous from any cause, it shall be the duty of the Board of Township Commissioners to notify the owner thereof, who shall forthwith replace, repair or rearrange such defective pole, cable or wire.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 5; Ord. of 3-6-1963; Ord. No. 86-5, §§ 1F, 2, 10-1-1986]
Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter and/or article shall be guilty of a summary offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1-9.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 6; Ord. of 3-6-1963]
On or within a reasonable time after the first day of January of each and every year, the Township Secretary shall prepare and forward a bill to each and every owner of poles that are located on the public highways of the Township, at the rate of $1 per pole. The money received under this section shall be applied to the expense of making the inspection provided for in Section 16-43.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 10]
Every owner of any pole located on the public highways of the Township shall at all times fully indemnify, protect and save harmless the Township from and against all actions, claims, suits, damages and charges and against all loss and necessary expenditures arising from the erection and maintenance of such pole; or from the neglect or failure to maintain such pole in good and safe order and condition.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 11]
Fines and penalties imposed and collected under the provisions of this article shall be paid to the Township Treasurer for the use of the Township.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 2]
No pole shall be erected in any public highway of the Township until a permit therefore has been issued by the Township Secretary as provided for in this division.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 1]
Whenever any person, having authority to use the public highways of the Township, shall desire a permit to erect any pole, a plan or plans shall first be presented showing the location, number and size thereof to the Board of Commissioners of the Township for approval or disapproval, and in case the Commissioners disapprove any plan or plans as to the location of any poles, they shall designate in writing or by appropriate marks on such plan or plans some other location suitable for the purposes of the applicant.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 1; Ord. of 3-6-1963]
For the permit required by Section 16-54, the applicant shall pay to the Township Secretary in advance the sum of $1 for each and every pole to be erected, and the amount so paid shall be in lieu of a license fee until the first of January following.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 1]
When any plan or plans have been approved in accordance with Section 16-55, the Township Secretary shall issue a permit to the applicant for the number of poles to be erected.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 7; Ord. No. 86-5, §§ 1G, 2, 10-1-1986]
No pole shall be maintained within the limits of the Township unless an annual permit for the maintenance of such pole shall have been previously granted for the same in accordance with the provisions of Sections 16-59 and 16-60.
Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter and/or article shall be guilty of a summary offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1-9.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 4]
Every owner of poles located in the public highways of the Township shall, on or before the first day of January of each and every year, file with the Township Secretary a list giving the location and number of each pole belonging to such owner.
[Ord. of 5-6-2022, § 4]
The Township Secretary shall without charge issue a permit to authorize the maintenance of poles for the period of one year form the first day of January.