[Adopted 6-16-1948 by Ord. No. R-1]
[Amended 11-21-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11]
Any person who shall stop or obstruct any public road in said
Township or commit any nuisance thereon by felling trees, making fences,
turning the road or in any other manner whereby traffic upon and along
said road is or may be impeded or interfered with, and who shall not,
on notice given by the Township Supervisors, or any of them, forthwith
remove the obstruction or nuisance and repair the damages, if any,
to such road, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a District Justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus all court
costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Township,
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days.
No truck, tractor or motor vehicle equipped with boltheads,
lugs, nuts, ice picks or spuds shall be operated and moved upon any
public road in said Township having an improved surface, except where
it is not possible to operate said truck, tractor or motor vehicle
along the unimproved surface of the highway.
No power shovel, agricultural machinery or other machinery or
equipment, not defined as a "motor vehicle" by the Motor Vehicle Code
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall be unnecessarily operated
or moved upon or along any Township road in said Township having an
improved surface and, in no event, shall the same be operated or moved
upon or along any such road in such manner wantonly, carelessly or
intentionally to damage or destroy the surface of such road or bridges
or culverts upon the same.
[Amended 11-21-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate § 21-302 or 21-303 of this Part 3, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a District Justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Township, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days.
All fines collected under any of the provisions of this Part
3 shall be paid, from time to time, to the Treasurer of the Township.
