[Amended 12-10-1974 by Ord. No. 923]
A. 
No Borough street or state highway within the confines of the Borough of Ridley Park may be opened or excavated for any purpose by any person without a permit first being issued by the Borough Secretary.
B. 
Applications for permits for opening of Borough streets or state highways within the confines of said Borough shall be prepared on forms available at the Borough Secretary's office.
A. 
Applications must include the full name of the person, persons, firm, organization or company requesting the permit, along with an address where all notices should be sent.
B. 
All applications must include a scale drawing of the planned street opening, including details.
C. 
All applications must include the purpose of the planned opening, the estimated length of time the street or highway will remain open, the date that it is anticipated that the work will begin and the date that it is anticipated that the work will be completed.
D. 
If the person, firm or company who will perform the actual work of opening and closing said street or highway is someone other than the applicant, the full name and address of the person, firm or company who will perform said work shall be listed.
E. 
All applicants must sign a form indicating that they are aware of the provisions and penalties of this Part 1.
[Amended 6-10-1975 by Res. No. 22-75]
A. 
A permit fee in the sum of $20 per excavation shall be paid to the Borough Secretary at the time of application, upon presentation of the scale drawing which will show the extent of the proposed excavation.
[Amended 11-11-1975 by Res. No. 40-75]
B. 
In the case of laying conduit or underground pipelines along highways within the Borough of Ridley Park, a permit fee in the sum of $25 for the first 50 feet or fraction thereof and $3 for each additional 50 feet or fraction thereof shall be paid to the Borough Secretary at the time of application, upon presentation of the scale drawing which will show the extent of the proposed excavation.
A. 
The applicant shall be responsible for completing the temporary restoration within one day of issuance of said permit and shall be responsible to complete the permanent restoration within 60 days of the application of the temporary restoration.
B. 
If the applicant fails to supply the temporary restoration or the permanent restoration, he shall be fined in accordance with the provisions for violations of this Part 1. Each day that such work is not done shall be considered a separate offense and violation of this Part 1.
C. 
The applicant shall file an affidavit stating that he is responsible for the temporary restoration and permanent restoration and that he is aware that failure to adhere to the specifications for either or both will result in fines and/or penalties according to the provisions of this Part 1.
D. 
During the performance of actual work, the applicant and his contractor shall at all times maintain proper barricades and safety devices as required by the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, regulations of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and ordinances of the Borough of Ridley Park. During the hours of dusk and darkness, proper electronic flashing light devices shall be in place and operating, designating and surrounding the area of the street opening. Such electronic flashing devices shall be of a type approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
E. 
In the event that it shall be necessary during actual work to leave an open area unattended, the open area must be covered with a solid material strong enough to support a weight of 10,400 pounds per square foot (H-20 loading).
F. 
In the event that it shall become necessary or desirable for the applicant and/or his contractor to leave motorized or mechanical equipment at the work site when no actual work is in progress, all such motorized or mechanical equipment shall be locked in such a manner as to prevent unauthorized use or operation of said equipment.
G. 
The applicant and his contractor shall be responsible to oversee the backfilling of all ditches. Each backfilling shall be made in six-inch increments, each increment being thoroughly tamped. The applicant and his contractor will confirm this tamping of six-inch increments by signing the required certification. The failure to so backfill shall be a fineable offense.
H. 
Specifications for restoring, resurfacing and patching roadways are as follows. The applicant or his contractor shall agree, in writing, to furnish all tools, labor, material and equipment and to do all the work necessary to restore, resurface and repair road openings, together with all work incidental thereto, at the locations designated by the Chairman of the Highway Committee or the Borough Engineer, in a first-class workmanlike manner, in strict accordance with the provisions of this Part 1 and all other Borough ordinances, to the satisfaction and approval of the members of Council for said Borough and in accordance with specifications approved by the Borough Engineer.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 1080]
I. 
The applicant or his contractor shall execute a one-year bond as approved by the Borough Solicitor and in an amount and with such surety or sureties as shall be approved by the members of the Council of said Borough or create an escrow account for a period of one year with the Borough in the same amount as above, conditioned upon the faithful performance of said contract for the completion of the work therein mentioned, in accordance with said specifications and to the satisfaction of the members of the Council of said Borough, and for the payment of all moneys due for such labor and materials furnished in the construction of said work and indemnifying the Borough against all loss, damage, costs and charges, including counsel's fees, sustained or incurred by said Borough and/or by reason of action, neglect or default on the part of said contractor.
[Amended 12-9-1975 by Ord. No. 932]
A. 
Any person, firm, organization, contractor or company who intentionally breaks, digs into or opens the surface of a Borough street or highway without a permit having first been issued shall be in violation of this Part 1.
B. 
Any person, firm, organization, contractor or company who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Part 1 or who shall refuse to obey a lawful order by any proper Borough official, agent or employee shall be in violation of this Part 1.
C. 
Any person, firm, organization, contractor or company who shall open, dig into or break an area of a street or highway larger than shown on the plan filed with the application for the permit and allowed by the permit shall be in violation of this Part 1.
D. 
Any deliberate misstatement of material facts on an application for a permit under this Part 1 shall be a violation of this Part 1.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 54-27E and F of the 1968 Code, which immediately followed this subsection and provided penalties for violation of this Part 1, was repealed 10-21-2003 by Ord. No. 1131.
A. 
Whenever the opening of a Borough street or state highway shall be required because of an immediate danger to the safety or health of the public or danger to either public or private property, the opening may be started without a permit having first been issued, provided that the provisions of this section shall be complied with.
B. 
The person, firm, organization, contractor or company desiring to open a Borough street or state highway in such emergency situation shall give notice to the Borough Secretary before such work begins, if such notice can be accomplished. If the Borough office is closed or if notice cannot be given to the Borough Secretary for some other reason, then notice shall be given to the Ridley Park Police Department before beginning the actual work.
C. 
The person, firm, organization, contractor or company opening or breaking a Borough street or state highway in such emergency shall file an application pursuant to the provisions of this Part 1 as soon as conditions permit and in no event later than 72 hours after said opening was commenced.