[Adopted by Ord. No. 1308 as Ch. 12.12 of the 1998 Code]
A.
Damaging of streets by vehicle not having rubber-tired
wheels or by other mechanism. The disturbing or tearing up of any
Township street or public way by a vehicle not equipped with rubber-tired
wheels or by the locking of wheels of any vehicle or attaching a drag
or other mechanism to the same likely to cause injury to the Township
street or public way is hereby prohibited.
B.
Filling of gutters with dirt or other materials. The
filling of gutters along any Township street or public way with dirt,
fill, earth or other materials is hereby prohibited irrespective of
the manner or distance by which said dirt, fill, earth or other material
shall travel before reaching the Township street or public way.
C.
Obstruction of drainage to any street by placing dirt
or other materials thereon. The obstruction of drainage to any Township
street or public way by the spilling, filling, flowing or throwing
of stones, dirt, earth or other materials thereon is hereby prohibited.
D.
Diversion of waters to or upon streets, gutters, etc.
The diversion of surface or other waters to and upon the Township
streets or public ways, drains, gutters and culverts is hereby prohibited.
E.
Placing of dirt or other materials upon street. No
person, firm or corporation shall place or cause or suffer to be placed
any earth, dirt, stones or other foreign materials or articles upon
any Township street or public way except in pursuance of approved
construction or repair or other work being done pursuant to law.
F.
Doing of any act which will result in accumulation
of dirt or other materials upon street or gutter. No person, firm
or corporation shall do or cause to be done any act, including the
construction of building, grading, landscaping or otherwise, which
shall cause or result in the accumulation of dirt, silt, earth or
other materials upon any Township street or public way or in any storm
drain, gutter or culvert.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 12.12.020, Violations and
penalties, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 3-23-2010
by Ord. No. 2010-11.
Any owner, developer or subdivider of property
within the Township of Montville who for purposes of construction,
development or soil removal transports soil to and from the property
in question or during the process of site construction shall take
the necessary measures to prevent the spilling or tracking of soil
onto public streets entering and leading to the site. The owner, developer
or subdivider shall be responsible for cleaning, sweeping and maintaining
the streets when in the opinion of the Township Engineer the spilling
or tracking of soil has created hazardous conditions for vehicular
or pedestrian traffic or unsightly conditions. The owner, developer
or subdivider, upon verbal or written notice from the Township Engineer,
in the time period specified, shall take the necessary measures to
eliminate the hazardous or unsightly conditions. If the owner, developer
or subdivider shall fail to rectify the problem within the prescribed
time period, then the Township Engineer shall direct the Department
of Public Works to clean the street surface. The Township shall be
reimbursed for any maintenance work at the rate of two times the prevailing
Township rates for labor, plus costs for usage of necessary equipment.
Should the owner, developer or subdivider not make prompt payment,
the Township will utilize the cash portion of the performance guaranty
for the subdivision or soil removal or place a lien against the property.
