No person engaged in any hauling, building,
construction, grading, excavation, road cutting, land development
or subdividing within the Township or engaged in the laying of any
water- or sewer lines or other utility installations or engaged in
the transportation of soil, stones, building materials or debris within
the Township, shall cause or allow the tracking or disposition of
mud, soil, stones, building materials, debris or any material of any
kind on any road with the Township. Any material of any kind whatsoever
tracked, placed, dropped or deposited on any road shall be completely
removed from said road immediately, but in no case later than 5:00
p.m. of the day on which such tracking, placement or disposition occurs.
Wheel and truck cleaners shall be required on
site at any transport origin and destination point within the Township,
and vehicles shall be scraped and cleaned before leaving the site.
All persons shall take reasonable measures,
including but not limited to wetting down or other treatment of materials,
before leaving the site to ensure that during transit no material
being transported shall blow or spill over upon any road or private
property.
The Township shall not issue any grading permit
until the person applying for such permit has furnished a bond with
suitable requirements, conditioned on compliance by the person with
the provisions of this article, with sufficient surety, or other security
approved by the Township Solicitor, in the amount of a minimum of
5% of the estimated cost of the work contemplated.
The Township shall not issue any road opening
and excavation permit until the person applying for such permit has
furnished a bond with suitable requirements conditioned on the compliance
by the person with the provisions of this article, with sufficient
surety or other security approved by the Township Solicitor, in the
amount of a minimum of 25% of the amount of the estimated cost of
the work.
One of the conditions of the bonds or other security specified in §§
72-13 and
72-14 of this article shall be that, in the event that the person does not comply with the provisions of this article or any special conditions imposed by the Board of Supervisors, the Township may elect to cure any deficiencies at the expense of such person, in which event the proceeds of the bonds or other security shall be due and payable to the Township. If the proceeds of the bonds or other security shall be insufficient to cover the Township's expenses of curing such deficiencies, the persons shall forthwith pay to the Township the amount of the difference. Any excess in the proceeds in the bonds over the amount of the expenses of the Township to cure any such deficiencies shall be refunded to the person.
The Township police shall be responsible for
the enforcement of this article and shall report any violations of
this article to the Board of Supervisors in their monthly report after
appropriate enforcement measures have been taken.
The Township Manager shall notify the Township
police of the posting of bend or other security under the terms of
this article and the conditions thereof.
Whenever the Township police have notified the
Township Manager and Zoning Officer that a person has violated the
provisions of this article, any Township permit which the person holds
shall be automatically revoked. However, the Township police may,
for minor violations, give any person 24 hours' notice to remedy the
violation.