[Ord. 3/6/1942, § 1]
Every person, firm, association, corporation, public utility
and public service company, prior to the installation or laying of
any conduit, pipe, pipeline, main, wire or wires, or trunkline or
pipes of any nature or description beneath any street, alley or sidewalk
of the Borough or under or beneath any property or land other than
that owned or leased by the person or corporation so installing the
same, shall at its own cost first furnish and submit to the Borough
authorities a complete and detailed scale plan showing the exact location,
nature, size, length, depth, grade and composition of the proposed
installation, which plan shall thereupon be inspected by the Borough
Engineer, Highway Committee, Sewer Committee, and any other Borough
official or Borough agency properly authorized or duly authorized
to inspect the same, and upon approval thereof such plan or plans
shall be permanently filed with the Borough and permission thereupon
granted for the proposed installation. No installation of any kind
or nature whatsoever shall be made until such plan has first been
submitted and approved as hereinbefore set forth.
[Ord. 3/6/1942, § 2]
Every person, firm, association, corporation, public utility
or public service company having, owning, leasing, using, operating,
or claiming any conduit, pipe, pipeline, main, wires, trunkline, or
any pipes of any nature or description theretofore installed under
or beneath any street, sidewalk or alley of the Borough, or under
or beneath any property or land other than that belonging to or leased
by the person or corporation making such installation, shall at its
own cost, within three months from the effective date of this Part
and upon notice by the Borough Secretary, furnish and provide for
the Borough full, adequate and complete plans showing in detail the
exact location, nature, size, length, depth, grade and composition
of such pipe, conduit, main or wire heretofore installed, which plan
shall thereupon be permanently filed in the office of the Borough
Secretary.
[Ord. 3/6/1942, § 3]
In the event any conduit, pipe, pipeline, main, wires, trunkline
or private sewer heretofore installed or which may hereafter be installed
shall not conform with the plan or plans so furnished, or upon failure
to furnish plans showing location and all information concerning the
same, then such conduit, pipe, pipeline, main, wires, trunkline, or
private sewer is hereby declared to be a nuisance and the Borough
may sever, tear out, remove, destroy, disconnect, or in any way abate
the same at its own will and to suit its own convenience, without
any liability or responsibility whatever to any party claiming title
to or right to use same.
[Ord. 3/6/1942, § 4; as amended by Ord. 1013, 5/19/1964,
§ 1; and by Ord. 1735, 4/12/1993]
Any person, firm, association, organization, corporation, public
utility or public service company violating any of the provisions
of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced, for each
and every such offense, to pay a fine or penalty of not less than
$5 nor more than $600 and costs or prosecution, and, in default of
payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than
30 days. Provided, each day's violation of any of the provisions of
this Part shall constitute a separate offense.
