[Adopted 6-3-1974 by Ord. No. 157 (Ch. 151, Art. II, of the 1990 Code)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
In accordance with the provisions of the Second Class Township Code at 53 P.S. § 67322, as amended, no railroad or street railway shall hereafter be constructed upon any Township road, nor shall any railroad or street railway crossings nor any 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 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 purpose.
[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. Unless otherwise prescribed by a fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, the application shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the prevailing Schedule of Fees of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for processing the application and another fee for making the inspection. Each application shall be accompanied by both fees. In addition, the applicant shall submit two copies of a sketch showing such dimensions as the location of the intended facility and width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
[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 shall fail to rectify a defect which presents an immediate or imminent safety or health problem within 48 hours or any other settlement or 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.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Nothing in this article shall be construed to require a permit in advance for emergency repairs necessary for the safety of the public or the restoration or continuance of public utility service or other public service, but application for the permit and the fees shall be submitted within five days after completion of the work, after which time the remaining provisions of this article apply.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 301; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article 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 article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.