[Ord. 7/1/1974, § 1; as amended by Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
In accordance with the provisions of § 2322 of the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 67322, as amended, no railroad or street railway shall hereafter be constructed upon any Township road, nor shall any railroad or street railway crossings, nor any gas pipe, water pipe, electric conduits or other piping, be laid upon or in, nor shall any telephone, telegraph or electric light or power poles, or any coal tipples or any other obstructions be erected upon or in, any portion of a Township road except under such conditions, restrictions and regulations relating to the installation and maintenance thereof, as may be prescribed in permits granted by the Township for such purpose.
[Ord. 7/1/1974, § 2; as amended by Ord. 5/3/1990, § I; and by Ord. 1996-10, 12/5/1996, § 1]
The application for a permit shall be on a form prescribed by the Township and submitted to the Township in triplicate. In addition, the applicant shall three copies of a sketch providing such information as the location of the intended facility, the improvements intended to be made, the width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way lines and distance to the nearest intersecting streets, and such other information as Board of Supervisors or their authorized representatives including, but not limited to, the Roadmaster, shall require. The application shall be accompanied by an application and inspection fee in such amounts as shall be from time to time set by resolution by the Board of Supervisors of the Township.
[Ord. 7/1/1974, § 3]
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after all the aforementioned requirements have been filed.
[Ord. 7/1/1974, § 4]
Upon completion of the work, the applicant shall give written notice thereof to the Township.
[Ord. 7/1/1974, § 5; as amended by Ord. 1996-10, 12/5/1996, § 2]
Upon completion of the work authorized by the permit, the Township shall inspect the work, and, if, in the discretion of the appropriate Township Official, including, but not limited to, the Roadmaster, the work does not meet Township standards, then the Township shall enforce compliance with the conditions, restrictions and regulations prescribed by the permit or Township ordinance, resolution or regulations. Further, if, within two years after the restoration of the surface of the street, defects shall appear therein resulting from the work done pursuant to a permit issued under this Part, the Township shall notify the applicant of the defect and give the applicant a deadline by which to remedy said defects, which shall be at a minimum 30 days. If, upon the expiration of that deadline, the applicant has not made the repairs required by the Township, or has not made them satisfactorily to the Township at its discretion, the Township may proceed to remedy the defect, and the applicant shall reimburse the Township for the cost of all necessary repairs to the surface, together with an administrative fee of 10% of such cost.
[Ord. 7/1/1974, § 6; as amended by Ord. 5/3/1990, § II; by Ord. 1996-10, 12/5/1996, § 3; and by Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
Any person, firm, corporation or utility who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge 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 costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Township in the enforcement proceeding and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.