[Adopted 2-10-1987 by Ord. No. 51]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CARTWAY
The portion of a street right-of-way paved and intended for
vehicular use.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The term "responsible party" designates the person, persons,
partnership, firm, association, corporation or other party officially
offering for dedication any road or street to the Township.
SHOULDERS
The portion of a street right-of-way adjacent to the paved
cartway, graded and constructed to provide for emergency parking and
pavement support.
STREETS AND/OR ROADS
A.
A "road" and/or "street" shall be defined as
a strip of land, including the entire right-of-way intended for use
as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
B.
Classes of roads according to use, function
and width shall be as designated in the Comprehensive Plan of the
Township adopted by the Supervisors.
(1)
ARTERIAL ROADThose serving or anticipated to serve in excess of 4,000 vehicles per day.
(2)
COLLECTOR ROADThose which intercept minor streets, provide access to abutting properties and/or serve or are anticipated to serve between 750 and 4,000 vehicles daily.
(3)
MINOR LOCAL ROADThose used primarily to provide access to abutting property and serve or are anticipated to serve up to 750 vehicles daily.
All curbs and sidewalks located within the right-of-way
of a road which is proposed for dedication shall comply with the following
or their equivalent.
A. Curb standards. If curbs are provided along a road
proposed for dedication they shall be vertical cement, vertical stone,
or rolled curb and gutter cement as follows:
(1) Plain cement concrete curb; six inches at the top,
eight inches at the bottom and 18 inches in height with the slope
to the street side.
(2) Rolled curb and gutter, 24 inches wide by 12 inches
high and acceptable in form to the Township Engineer.
(3) Other gutter requirements shall be in conformance
with good engineering practice and subject to the approval of the
Engineer.
B. Sidewalk standards. If sidewalks are provided within
the right-of-way of a road proposed for dedication, they shall be
three inches in thickness, placed on four-inch cinder or crushed stone
base.
(1) Sidewalks shall be located within the street right-of-way
and no closer than one foot from the right-of-way line nor closer
than three feet from the curbline. A grass planting strip shall be
planted between curb and sidewalk.
(2) Minimum widths of sidewalks and curbs shall be four
feet. Street crosswalks shall have a minimum width of three feet.
(3) The type of construction permitted is as follows:
Sidewalks and crosswalks shall be Portland cement mortar of at least
three inches of compacted cinder, gravel, crushed stone. Sidewalks
at driveway crossings shall be at least six inches thick underlain
by four inches of compacted cinder, gravel and crushed stone.
The responsible party shall be responsible for the proper installation of all improvements required by this article. Said improvements shall be inspected by the Township Engineer and/or the Township Supervisors and shall be determined to be in conformance with the requirements of this article before the street is accepted for dedication. Where new improvements are required to meet the requirements of this article, the installation of such improvement shall be supervised by the Township Engineer and/or Supervisors. In lieu of such installation of improvements, the Township may accept a street offered for dedication if a suitable performance bond had been posted by the responsible party offering the road for dedication, as required in §
150-16.
Where a responsible party is no longer available
and where 51% or more of the property owners in a section of the Township
petition the Board of Supervisors to have a road improved, the Board,
in accordance with any applicable provisions of the Township Code,
may improve said road to the standards established herein and assess
the properties to be benefited to cover the total costs of said improvement.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil
enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a District
Justice, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including
reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement
of this article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the
determination of the violation by the District Justice. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgement, the Township may enforce
the judgement pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance
herewith.
A fee of $1 per foot of road proposed for dedication
shall accompany the formal request for road dedication submitted to
the Township Supervisors.
[Adopted 6-19-2014 by Ord. No. 168; amended 6-18-2015 by Ord. No. 172]
The purpose of this article is to enhance public safety and
security, and generally protect the public health, safety and welfare
by improving the ability of emergency response personnel to navigate
and locate dwellings and other structures in the Township, and enhancing
the convenience to the general public.
All street addresses in the Township shall conform to the street
addressing system established by Kidder Township for the 911 emergency
call system, and all occupied structures shall have a building number
sign/address marker conforming to the requirements of this article.
This article shall be enforced by action before a magisterial
district judge in the same manner provided for the enforcement of
summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
In the event of noncompliance, within the allowed time frame, the
appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized
to install the building number sign/address marker on the property
of the noncompliant property owner and charge all costs related to
the installation to the property owner. Any person who violates or
permits a violation of the provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction in a summary proceeding, reimburse the Township for all
costs incurred by the Township in connection with installation of
the building number sign/address marker, plus all court costs and
reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Township in the enforcement
proceedings, and/or be imprisoned to the extent allowed by law for
the punishment of summary offenses. Further, the appropriate officers
or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable
relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance with this article.
All fines, penalties, costs and reasonable attorney's fees collected
for the violation of this article shall be paid to the Township.