It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or authority to tunnel under or to make any excavation, dig, tear up or disturb in or upon any street, alley or public highway or in or upon the right-of-way thereof in the Township of Richland without having obtained a permit as herein required. In the event of an emergency requiring the immediate excavation or digging up of water, sewer, gas, electric or telephone lines or other transmission lines by a public utility, municipal authority or company or association providing water service, it shall not be necessary to obtain a permit before commencing said emergency, excavation or digging up. However, said permit must be obtained upon the opening of the township office (8:00 a.m. prevailing time) of the next business day of the township.
No person to whom a permit has been granted shall perform any of the work authorized by such permit in any amount greater than that specified in the permit, except that upon approval by the Pubic Works Director, additional work may be done under the provisions of the permit in such an amount as the Public Works Director shall deem appropriate and necessary to complete the work. Any deposit and bond posted in connection with the permit shall be deemed to cover any such additional work as may be approved pursuant to this section within the limit mentioned herein.
Work for which a permit has been issued shall commence within 10 days after the issuance of the permit therefor. If not so commenced, the permit shall be automatically terminated unless the permittee applies to the Public Works Director for an extension of time within which to commence work. If such an extension is granted, the original permit shall remain in force for the period of time specified in the extension. Permits which terminate within 10 days after issuance or within any extension of time granted by the Public Works Director may be renewed only upon the payment of an additional permit fee as originally required.
Every permit shall expire at the time stated in the permit. If the permittee should not complete the work within the specified time, he shall, prior to expiration of the permit, present in writing to the Public Works Director a request for an extension of time, setting forth therein the reasons for the requested extension. If, in the opinion of the Public Works Director, such an extension is necessary and not contrary to the public interest, the permittee may be granted additional time for the completion of the work.
The provisions of this Part 2 shall not be applicable in those instances where the highway is maintained by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PADOT).
Every permit shall be granted subject to the right of the township or of any other person to lawfully use the street for any purpose, not inconsistent with the permit.
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A permittee shall be granted a period of three days from the date of the notice to correct the violation and to proceed with the diligent prosecution of the work authorized by the permit before said permit is revoked.
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Written notice of any such violation or condition shall be served upon the permittee or his agent engaged in the work. The notice shall contain a brief statement of the reasons for revoking the permit. Notice may be given either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified or by certified or registered United States mail addressed to the person to be notified.
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When any permit has been revoked and the work authorized by the permit has not been completed, the Public Works Director shall do such work as may be necessary to restore the street or part thereof to as good a condition as before the opening was made. All expenses thereby incurred by the township shall be recovered from the deposit or bond the permittee has made or filed with the township.