[Adopted 10-1-1951]
From and after the passage of this article, the Department of
Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be, and the
said Department hereby is given, exclusive authority to grant all
permits for the opening or tearing up of any part of the improved
surface of those certain Borough streets, or parts thereof, which
are continuations of state highway routes in the Borough, and for
the maintenance of which the Department of Transportation is by law
responsible.
Fees for the granting of such permits may be charged by the
Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
according to the standard schedule of fees which may from time to
time be adopted.
Any person, firm or corporation opening or tearing up the improved
surface of any of the aforesaid streets, or causing or allowing the
same to be done for him, them or it, without having first obtained
a permit from the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, shall, upon summary conviction before a Magisterial
District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and,
in addition thereto, the costs of prosecution and the surface restoration
costs, and in default thereof, such person or persons, or the executive
officer of such corporation, shall undergo imprisonment for not more
than 30 days.
All fines and restoration charges collected for the violation
of this article shall be paid into the State Treasury as provided
by law.
