[Ord. No. 260, 6/11/1984]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
construct a driveway or make an opening into a Borough street, road
or highway, or to install a ditch or drain in or along the Borough
street, road or highway without first securing a permit as hereinafter
provided, and in accordance with the standards adopted by the Borough
Council.
[Ord. No. 260, 6/11/1984]
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to construct a driveway
or make an opening into, or install a ditch or a drain in or along
a Borough street, road or highway, shall make application to the Road
Committee Chairman in writing for that purpose. Such application shall
be upon blanks furnished by the Borough and shall set forth the name
of the applicant, the exact location of the proposed driveway, opening,
ditch or drain, the approximate size, width, depth, grade or relative
measurements thereof and the type of material proposed to be used.
The Road Committee Chairman shall issue such permit if the application
conforms with the standards adopted by the Borough Council.
[Ord. No. 260, 6/11/1984]
1.
Access drives shall not be located within 10 feet of a fire hydrant,
catch basin or drain inlet.
2.
Driveways shall not exceed a slope of 10% and shall have a leveling
area with a slope not exceeding 2% within 15 feet of the public street
cartway line. Where drives enter a bank through a cut, retaining walls
shall be provided, or in lieu thereof, the side slopes of the cut
shall be graded to not more than 1/2 foot vertical to one foot horizontal
within 10 feet of the point where the drive intersects with the right-of-way
line of the public street.
3.
The center-line elevation of the driveway shall be on grade with
the curb cut, or in lieu of a curbing, not more than two inches above
the cartway surface of the public street.
4.
No driveway shall exceed 12 feet in width within 15 feet of the public
street cartway, excepting as increased by a curb radii not greater
than five feet.
[Ord. No. 260, 6/11/1984]
During such installation, every necessary and reasonable precaution
shall be taken by the applicant and the parties making the same to
keep the drains open and to maintain the street in a safe and passable
condition; and such permit shall be issued on the express condition
that the person to whom the same is issued shall indemnify, save and
hold harmless the Borough from any loss or damage of any kind occasioned
by the construction of such driveway or installation of such ditch
or drain.
[Ord. No. 260, 6/11/1984]
In the event that any work performed pursuant to such permit
shall, in the opinion of the Road Committee Chairman, be unsatisfactory
and the same shall not be corrected in accordance with his instructions
within the time fixed by him, such time not to be less than three
days, or in the event the work for which the permit was granted is
not completed within the time fixed by such permit, the Borough may
proceed to correct such unsatisfactory work or complete any such work
not completed and charge the cost thereof, plus any penalties allowable
by law, to the applicant. In default of payment of such charges and
penalties within 30 days' after written notice thereof, the same
shall be collected by the Borough in the same manner provided by law
for the collection of municipal claims.
[Ord. No. 260, 6/11/1984; as amended by Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
