STATUTORY REFERENCES
Obstruction of streets — See
53 P.S. § 67326.
Opening and repairing roads, detours, etc. — See
53 P.S. § 67301 et seq.
Acceptance of streets — See
53 P.S. § 67316 et seq.
Roads crossing railroads; special uses of roads — See
53 P.S. §§ 67321 and 67322.
Trees and shrubbery within limits of road — See
53 P.S. § 67325 et seq.
Street assessments — See 53
P.S. § 68303 et seq.
[Ord. 126. Passed 6-18-1974]
(a)
Permit Required. Pursuant to Section 1156 of Article
XI of the Second Class Township Code, as amended, no person shall
hereafter construct any railroad or street railway upon any Township
road; lay any railroad or street railway crossing or any gas pipe,
water pipe, electric conduit or other piping upon or in any portion
of a Township road; or erect any telephone, telegraph or electric
light or power pole or any coal tipples or other obstructions upon
or in any portion of a Township road; except after obtaining a permit
therefor from the Township and except under such conditions, restrictions
and regulations relating to the installation and maintenance thereof
as may be prescribed in such permit.
(b)
Permit Application. Application for a permit provided for in subsection (a) hereof shall be on a form prescribed by the Township and submitted to the Township in triplicate. The application shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the schedule of fees set forth by the State Department of Transportation for highway occupancy permits and restoration charges. In addition, an applicant shall submit three copies of a sketch showing such specifications as the location of the intended facility, the width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
(c)
Permit Issuance. A permit shall be issued to an applicant after all the requirements set forth in subsection (b) hereof have been met.
(d)
Notice of Completion of Work. Upon completion of the
work authorized by the permit, an applicant shall give written notice
thereof to the Township.
(e)
Inspections; Corrections. 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. Where any settlement or
other defect in the work occurs, if the applicant fails to rectify
such settlement or other defect within sixty days after written notice
from the Township to do so, the Township may do the work and shall
impose upon the applicant the cost thereof, together with an additional
twenty percent of such cost.
[Ord. 408. Passed 3-18-2003]
(a)
The Board of Supervisors may require owners of property
to maintain and/or remove trees located on the property or in the
adjacent right-of-way if the condition of the trees, through disease
or otherwise, unreasonably affects or interferes with the health,
safety or welfare of the public or the right of the public to the
unobstructed use of public roads or property.
(b)
If within 30 days after the date of notice by certified
mail, return receipt requested, to remove the trees, the property
owner has not complied with that order, the Board of Supervisors may
enter the premises and remove the trees.
(c)
The cost of cutting and removal of trees by the Township
shall be charged to the property owner or abutting property owner
for a tree located in the right-of-way. The charge shall be a lien
against the real estate of the property owner or abutting property
owner and shall be collected in the same manner as other municipal
liens.
