[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now Township Council) of the Township of Bristol as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-18-1960 by Ord. No. 336]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom but shall not include the removal of the aforesaid objects for the purpose of erecting on the site a structure, nor shall it include any on-site grading.
PERSON
A natural person, but shall also include a partnership, association or a corporation.
SITE
A lot, tract or parcel of land or a series of lots, tracts or parcels of land joined together where excavation is continuous and performed at the same time.
A. 
Excavations shall be maintained at all times in a neat and orderly manner.
B. 
Access roads to the excavation site shall be maintained as dust-free surfaces.
C. 
Vehicles carrying materials from the excavation site shall be loaded in such an manner as to prevent spilling of materials upon the roads and highways of the Township.
D. 
Excavations shall in no case be brought closer to an exterior property line, right-of-way line of any street, road or alley as existing or proposed than 50 feet.
E. 
Excavations shall be conducted in such a manner as to prevent the stagnation of stormwaters or natural seepage.
F. 
Excavations which may penetrate near or into a water-bearing stratum shall be conducted in such a manner that any stratum so approached or encountered will not be subject to pollution.
G. 
Excavation sites shall be completely fenced with a Cyclone fence or similar type fencing to a height of eight feet. Gates, at locations to be approved by the Managing Director, shall be installed and equipped with a suitable locking device and shall be kept locked at times when actual excavation is not being conducted.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
H. 
Excavation sites which are adjacent to a residential development shall be adequately screened by live plantings in a manner and fashion approved by the Managing Director.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Any excavation site which is not worked for a period of one year shall be construed as abandoned and, unless permitted within the terms and conditions of the district classification as set forth in Chapter 205, Zoning, shall not again be used for excavation purposes.
Whenever excavation of any site has been completed, all buildings, structures or equipment not authorized under the permitted use for the district classification as set forth in Chapter 205, Zoning, shall be entirely removed from the property within six months after such completion.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
The Managing Director, upon his determination of any violation of the provisions of this chapter, shall forthwith serve written notice on the owner, and the owner or operator shall discontinue such violation immediately.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to a penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each and every offense, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 30 days; and whenever such person shall have been notified by the Managing Director by service of summons in a prosecution, or in any other way, that he is committing such violation of this article, each day he shall continue such violation after such notification shall constitute a separate offense, punishable by a like fine or penalty. Such fines or penalties shall be collected as like fines or penalties are now by law collected.
[Adopted 8-20-1991 by Ord. No. 91-19]
This article shall be known as the "Lot Alteration Permit Ordinance."
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation or any other legally recognizable entity to change, grade or in any way alter any land, property or real estate located in Bristol Township so as to cause, allow or permit surface waters or groundwaters to flow in an increased or decreased manner or in a direction such surface waters or groundwaters would not normally or naturally take, without obtaining prior approval of the Council for the Township of Bristol and the issuance of a permit by the Council for the Township of Bristol.
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions are adopted:
GROUNDWATER
Water of underground streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs, lakes and other occurrences of water in and under the ground, whether percolating or otherwise.
SURFACE WATER
Waters which naturally flow on the surface of the ground, which shall include but not be limited to creeks, brooks, rivers, lakes, ponds, waters on the surface of the ground created by snow or rain and waters that are of a casual, nonpermanent character, such as puddles, and all temporary flows of water on the surface of the ground which have no definite course and have no substantial permanent existence.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
The Office of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections for Bristol Township is authorized to enforce this article.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other legally recognizable entity who has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have violated any provision of this article shall be ordered to pay to Bristol Township a civil penalty not in excess of $1,000 for each violation of this article, in addition to any and all other relief the court deems appropriate. Each and every violation of this article, on each day that any provision of this article shall be violated, shall constitute a separate and distinct violation thereof.