[Adopted 12-27-1979 by Ord. No. 79-39 as Sec. 11-1 of the Revised General Ordinances]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive upon or operate on any of the streets or any portions thereof any motor vehicles, tractor or machinery or equipment which is or which may be mechanically operated or drawn, unless each and every such motor vehicle, tractor or mechanically operated or drawn machinery and equipment shall be equipped with rubber tire wheels or metal or wooden wheels with tread of sufficient width and smoothness or such other device as shall prevent any damage being done to any part of the streets by reason of the motor vehicle, tractor or mechanically drawn or operated machinery or equipment using the streets or any portion thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or cause to be used any portion of any of the streets as a headland or for the turning around of or crossing over by any motor vehicle, tractor or machinery or equipment being used in connection with farming operations on lands adjacent to any street in such a manner so as to cause damage to any portion or portions of the streets by reason thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage or cause to be damaged the shoulders, ditches or culverts of any township road; or to hinder, impede or obstruct the drainage of these roads by putting or causing to be put in the ditches or culverts dirt, stones, bags or any other thing which may impede or obstruct the flow of drainage through said ditches or culverts.
A. 
Should any owner or tenant of lands abutting or bordering upon township streets or employees or agents of the owner or tenant violate the provisions of this article and damage the street or obstruct the ditches or culverts of the street along such lands, the township may give notice to the owner and tenant, if such be the case, of this land to repair the damage or remove the obstruction within 10 days after the service of such notice; and in case the owner or tenant shall fail to repair the damage or remove the obstruction within 10 days after service of the notice, the Mayor or designee may have the damage repaired or obstruction removed and cause the cost thereof to be charged against the lands abutting or bordering upon the highway, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
B. 
This notice shall be served upon the owner or tenant, if resident of the township, in person or by leaving the same at his or her usual place of abode with a member of the family above the age of 14 years; and in case the owner or tenant shall be a nonresident of the township, the notice may be served upon the owner or tenant in person or it may be served upon the occupant of the lands or a copy of the notice may be mailed to the owner or tenant at his or her last known address. Notice to infant or mentally incompetent owners or tenants shall be served upon their guardians. When lands are held by two or more persons as joint tenants, tenants in common or tenants by the entirety, service upon any one or more of such owners shall be sufficient and shall be deemed to be notice to all.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
Penalties for violation of this article shall be as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, Penalty, § 1-3.