[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.
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.