Township of Butler, PA
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2023-08-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 296 Watercourses
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Auditor
- Ch 7 Authorities
- Ch 12 BOCA Code Board of Appeals
- Ch 23 Cooperative Purchasing
- Ch 28 Emergency Management
- Ch 33 Finances
- Ch 38 Fire Commission
- Ch 41 Fire Companies
- Ch 45 Firemen's Relief
- Ch 49 Hazard Mitigation Plan
- Ch 50 Hazardous Material Abatement
- Ch 53 Incident Management System
- Ch 55 Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Ch 61 Manager and Assistant Manager
- Ch 67 Municipal Employers Trust Agreement
- Ch 72 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 74 Personnel
- Ch 78 Planning Commission
- Ch 81 Property, Sale of
- Ch 82 Public Meetings
- Ch 84 Records
- Ch 89 Reimbursement of Expenses
- Ch 95 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 99 Tourism, Promotion of
- Ch 101 Treasurer and Tax Collector
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 106 Agricultural Security Area
- Ch 107 Alarm Systems
- Ch 114 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 119 Amusement Devices
- Ch 127 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 134 Building Construction
- Ch 138 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 142 Criminal History Records
- Ch 149 Curfew
- Ch 152 Donations
- Ch 156 Drainage Standards
- Ch 158 Driveways
- Ch 160 Emergency Services Cost Recovery
- Ch 167 Fees
- Ch 172 Firearms
- Ch 176 Fire Prevention
- Ch 183 Floodplain Management
- Ch 188 Grading and Excavating
- Ch 191 Insurance
- Ch 198 Littering
- Ch 204 Natural Gas and Oil Extraction
- Ch 207 Noise
- Ch 210 Nuisances
- Ch 212 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 214 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 224 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 226 Shooting Range
- Ch 231 Solid Waste
- Ch 238 Speed-Timing Devices
- Ch 242 Stormwater Management
- Ch 245 Streets
- Ch 252 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 259 Taxation
- Ch 266 Tenant Registration
- Ch 272 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 278 Vehicles, Junked or Abandoned
- Ch 284 Vehicles, Motorized
- Ch 290 Water
- Ch 296 Watercourses
- § 296-1 Prohibited acts.
- § 296-2 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A304 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A305 Street Acceptances, Vacations and Name Changes
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Butler 7-16-1990 by Ord. No. 694. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person or persons shall stop, fill up, divert,
confine, pave, or otherwise interfere with any drain, ditch, watercourse,
or drainage facilities in Butler Township without first submitting
suitable plans, and obtaining written approval from the Butler Township
Board of Commissioners in accordance with Section 2067 of the First
Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 57067.
[Amended 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 765]
Any person who shall stop, fill up, confine,
pave or otherwise interfere with any such drain or ditch, watercourse,
or drainage facilities, or shall divert or change the course thereof,
without the approval of the Butler Township Board of Commissioners
provided, as provided in Section 2067 of the First Class Township
Code, 53 P.S. § 57067, the provisions of which are incorporated
herein by reference thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary
proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of
such fine and costs, shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more
than 30 days.
