[Adopted 5-22-1974 by Ord. No. 1974-1]
In accordance with the provisions of § 1156 of Article XI of the Second Class Township Code, 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 on 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.
[Amended 7-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-01]
The application for a permit shall be on a form prescribed by the Township and submitted to the Township in duplicate. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the schedule of fees set forth by the Department of Transportation, for highway occupancy permits and restoration charges. In addition, the applicant shall submit three copies of a sketch showing such dimensions as the location of the intended facility, width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
A permit shall be issued to the applicant after all the aforementioned requirements have been filed.
Upon completion of the work, the applicant shall give written notice thereof to the Township.
[Amended 6-12-1974 by Ord. No. 1974-2; 7-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-01]
Upon completion of the work authorized by the permit, the Township shall inspect the work and, when necessary, enforce compliance with the conditions, restrictions and regulations prescribed by the permit. In addition to that inspection, the Board of Supervisors or its agents may reinspect the work not more than two years after its completion, and if any settlement of the road surface or other defect appears in the work contrary to the conditions, restrictions and regulations of the Township, the Board of Supervisors may enforce compliance therewith. Where any settlement or defect in the work occurs, the applicant shall rectify any such settlement or defect within 60 days after written notice from the Township to do so. If at any time a settlement or defect shall become a hazard the applicant shall rectify such settlement or defect within 48 hours after written notice from the Township to do so. If the applicant fails to comply with the written notices authorized by this section, the Township may do the work and shall impose upon the applicant the cost thereof, together with an additional 20% of such cost.
[Amended 7-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-01]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article, 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, 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 article continues or each section of this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.