The application for a permit shall be on a form
prescribed by the Township and submitted to the Township in triplicate.
The Township shall prescribe a fee as determined by the Department
of Transportation payable to the Township not exceeding the approximate
reasonable cost of processing the application, and another fee payable
to the Township not exceeding the approximate reasonable cost of making
the first inspection hereafter described. In addition, the applicant shall submit three copies of
a sketch showing such dimensions as the location of the intended facility,
width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way lines and a dimension
to the nearest intersecting street.
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after
all the aforementioned requirements have been met and all fees have
been paid.
Upon completion of the work, the applicant shall
give written notice thereof to the Township.
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. Where any settlement or defect in the work occurs,
if the applicant shall fail to rectify any such 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.
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
or other public service, but application for such permit and the fees
shall be submitted as herein prescribed within five days after completion
of the work, and thereafter the remaining provisions of this article
shall apply.
[Amended 4-13-1993 by Ord. No. 88]
Any person, firm, corporation or utility which
shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be subject,
upon conviction before a District Justice, to pay a fine of not more
than $600 and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment
of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for not
more than five days.