It shall be the responsibility of the person or contractor,
which includes public utilities, wishing to conduct work on, under
or above any roadway in the Borough of Hamburg to contact the Hamburg
Police Department in order to arrange a preconstruction meeting to
submit plans for the safe movement of traffic during such period of
construction or work. Any person, contractor or utility who fails
to comply with this article prior to start of such work or whose plans
are not approved by the Hamburg Police Department is in violation
of this article.
Road closings and/or detours shall not be permitted unless approved
by the Hamburg Police Department.
Traffic directors shall be provided by the contractor, at its
expense, at all construction or maintenance sites when determined
by the Hamburg Police that same is necessary to provide for the safe
and expeditious movement of traffic.
The Hamburg Police Department shall have the authority to stop
work, including the removal of equipment and vehicles, stored material
within the street right-of-way, backfilling of open excavations and/or
other related work, in order to abate any nuisance, traffic delay
and/or safety hazard or for any violation of this article.
Unless another penalty is specifically provided elsewhere in
the Code or in a law of the state or federal government, any person
who violates any provision of this article, any other chapter of this
Code or any other ordinance of the Borough shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000. Each day that such
violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.