[Adopted 8-2-1965 by Ord. No. 10; amended in its entirety 7-23-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-14]
From and after the adoption of this article, no private road, driveway or alley or road intended for public use joining any Township road shall be constructed and no driveway shall be blacktopped without first providing for the installation of drainage facilities at the intersection of such roads, driveways or alleys with the Township road in accordance with the specifications adopted by the Supervisors.
Before construction of such road, driveway or alley or blacktopping of any driveway, the person for whose benefit said road, driveway or alley is being constructed shall file with the Zoning Officer of Chestnuthill Township an application, in a form prescribed by said Supervisors, setting forth the name of the applicant, the place of construction and the type of construction, together with a sketch showing the location and size of the proposed driveway and the type of proposed drainage. Such application shall be accompanied by payment in the amount as set forth by resolution in the schedule of fees adopted by the Board of Supervisors to cover the cost of the inspection hereinafter set forth and the issuance of the permit.
Upon receipt of such application, the Zoning Officer or his authorized representative, subject to the Supervisors, shall make an inspection of the place of the proposed construction or blacktopping and ascertain the proper drainage facilities to be provided at such intersection.
Upon receipt by the Zoning Officer of the report of the inspecting officer of the Township, the Zoning Officer, subject to the Supervisors, shall issue a permit to the applicant approving such construction or blacktopping and directing the type of drainage facilities which must be provided.
Any driveway constructed or blacktopped pursuant to a permit issued under § 95-4 hereof shall be not less than 12 feet wide at its intersection with the edge of the Township road.
The type of drainage facilities to be provided shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Zoning Officer, subject to the Supervisors. The requirement for such drains shall be a fifteen-inch corrugated iron or cement drain if, in the opinion of the Supervisors, it is necessary.
The installation of the type of drainage facilities approved in each particular case shall be in accordance with the requirements adopted by the Supervisors.
Upon completion of the installation of the drainage facility, the Zoning Officer, subject to the Township Supervisors, shall make an inspection of the installation to determine that the same has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the Township.
It shall be the obligation of the person for whose benefit said roadway, driveway or alley was constructed or blacktopped, or his successors and assigns, to maintain and keep open such drainage facility.
No road hereafter presented to the Zoning Officer, subject to the Supervisors, for acceptance as part of the Township road system shall be accepted by the Supervisors unless each intersecting private or public road, driveway or alley shall be equipped with drainage facilities meeting the specifications of the Supervisors as prescribed in this article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enlarge, alter or reconstruct any existing private road, driveway, alley or road intended for public use or blacktop any driveway at its intersection with any Township road without first complying with the terms of this article.
Whenever in the opinion of the Zoning Officer, subject to the Supervisors, an existing drainage facility under any private road, driveway or alley creates a drainage problem along the adjoining Township road, the Zoning Officer shall notify the property owner of such condition, which condition shall be remedied by the property owner by the installation of proper drainage facilities within the terms of this article within 60 days of receipt of such notice.
[Amended 2-7-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-03]
Any person who shall violate any terms of this article or who shall fail to maintain and keep open such drainage facility or who shall stop, fill up or injure any such drain or shall divert or change the course thereof without the authority of the Zoning Officer, subject to the Supervisors, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice 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, together with the costs of restoring such drainage facilities. 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.