[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.
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.