[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.
