[Adopted 6-18-1990 by Ord. No. 21-90
(Sec. 6-7.26 of the Revised General Ordinances)]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded Ord.
No. 36-84, adopted 12-17-1984 and Ord. No. 42-85, adopted 12-16-1985.
A.
Every owner or tenant of lands lying within the Township
adjoining a roadway, not within the road right-of-way and/or sight
easement, is prohibited from installing any obstructions, including
but not limited to a fence, wall, sign or piles of soil, higher than
2 1/2 feet above the near edge of any traveled portion of any
adjacent roadway, or any physical or visual obstruction within 10
feet of any roadway or within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways.
B.
Every owner or tenant of lands, lying within the Township,
which land is within a road right-of-way and/or a sight easement,
is prohibited from installing any obstructions of any kind within
the road right-of-way and/or sight easement.
A.
Any obstructions in existence at the time of adoption
of this article which may require repair or replacement of 50% or
more shall be considered new construction and, as such, shall not
be permitted.
B.
Any obstruction in existence at the time of adoption
of this article which is declared a safety hazard by the Chief of
Police or his designee must be removed with 30 days of notification
to the owner or tenant of the affected lands.
C.
Any obstruction within a road right-of-way and/or
sight easement must be removed within 30 days of notification to the
owner or tenant of the affected lands.
This article shall not apply to signs, such
as traffic signs, installed by the state, county or Township or newspaper
and mailboxes on standard posts.
