A.
Every person owning, using, controlling or having an
interest in pipes, conduits, ducts or other structures under the surface of
any street used for the purpose of supplying or conveying gas, electricity,
communication impulses, water or steam to or from the township or to or from
its inhabitants or for any other purpose shall file with the Engineer within
one year after the adopting of this chapter accurate information, showing
the as-built location, size and description of all such installations.
B.
Within 30 days after the first day of January of each
and every year, such person shall file with the Engineer additional information
showing installations, including all those made or abandoned during the previous
year; provided, however, that if no additions have been made to its installation
during the previous year, a utility or authority may file with the Engineer
a written statement to that effect, within the period of time specified above.
A utility or authority may at its own option elect to provide additional information
throughout the year as it is available, rather than proceed as above noted.
The Engineer may, however, request additional information periodically as
may be necessitated by proposed construction or reconstruction of roadways
within the township.
If the work to be undertaken by the permittee is such that it will affect
the use of properties abutting or adjoining the project or subsurface installations,
including utilities in the vicinity of the proposed opening, the permittee
shall be required to submit evidence in affidavit form that notices were served
on the owners and tenants of such properties and subsurface installations
personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $200 or by imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 90 days, or both. Each day that a violation is permitted
to exist after notice in writing shall have been served by the Clerk shall
constitute a separate offense.
The terms of this chapter shall not apply to a street in any subdivision
approved by the Township Planning Board, prior to the Township of Franklin
accepting said street for maintenance.
