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Township of Richland, PA
Allegheny County
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[Ord. 108, 3/15/1977, § 1]
No person, firm or corporation shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Township of Richland unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street or road in the Township.
[Ord. 108, 3/15/1977, § 2]
No person, firm or corporation shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Township of Richland, the wheels of which carry onto or deposit on any street or road in the Township mud, dirt, sticky substance, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
[Ord. 108, 3/15/1977, § 3]
All owners of property in the Township shall maintain their property in such a manner that no dirt, -mud, stones or other material shall wash onto any street or road in the Township as the result of rainfall or drainage.
[Ord. 108, 3/15/1977, § 4; as amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. AO)]
If, in the course of excavation, building, construction or development of any property any mud or dirt or any other foreign substance is unavoidably carried onto any street or road in the Township, it shall be the duty of the property owner and/or contractor having supervision over the job to remove the same at the end of each work day so as to make the street or road clean and safe for the passage of normal vehicular traffic. If any mud or dirt or any other foreign substance is unavoidably washed onto any street or road in the Township, it shall be the duty of the property owner to remove the same within 18 hours.
[Ord. 123, 3/21/1978]
No person, firm or corporation shall shovel or otherwise deposit snow from their property onto public roads in the Township.
[Ord. 108, 3/15/1977, § 5; as amended by Ord. 135, 11/21/1978; by Ord. 278, 9/18/1991; by Ord. 325, 7/3/1996; by Ord. 336, 2/5/1997; and at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. AO)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this Part shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this Part. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.