It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to construct, erect or change any drain, culvert, footwalk, drive or other means of ingress or egress to or from a property in said Township, the entrance or exit of which connects with any Township road or drainage area thereof, unless application has first been made to said Township Supervisors for a permit for such construction, erection or change and said Township Supervisors have evidenced their approval of such construction, erection or change by granting a permit therefor.
[Adopted 10-7-1974 by Ord. No. 74-4 (Ch. 21, Part 2, of the 1986 Code of Ordinances)]
The application for such permit shall be made by the owner, occupier, or by his agent, in writing, on forms provided by the said Township Supervisors and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Township Supervisors. There shall be appended to each application a plan showing the outlines of the property affected, with existing buildings thereon, existing drains, culverts, footwalks and drives, with the proposed drains, culverts, footwalks or drives to be constructed, erected or changed and their relationship to any Township road and to the drainage of said road.
The cost of filing such application, the cost of any permit issued, and the cost of any inspection deemed necessary by the Township Supervisors shall be determined according to the general fee schedule to be adopted by a resolution of the Township Supervisors and all such fees and costs shall be paid into the Township treasury.
The Township Supervisors may specify any changes or modifications which they deem necessary and may make their permit subject to any such changes or modifications.
[Amended 12-1-1986 by Ord. No. 86-10; 11-4-1996 by Ord. No. 96-5; 7-7-1997 by Ord. No. 97-2]
A.
Upon the construction, erection or change of any such drain, culvert, drive or footwalk which does not comply with any conditions imposed by the Township Supervisors as aforesaid or the construction, erection or change of any such drain, culvert, drive or footwalk without the prior approval of the Township Supervisors, the Township Supervisors, with or without notice, may make corrections deemed necessary by them and recover the cost of such corrections.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article, 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.