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In accordance with the provisions of § 1156 of Article IX of the Township Code, as amended, no railroad or street railway shall hereinafter be constructed upon any Township right-of-way, nor shall any railroad or street railway crossings, nor any gas pipe, water pipe, electric conduits or other piping, be laid upon or in, nor shall any telephone, telegraph or electric light or power poles, or any coal tipple or any obstructions be erected upon or in any portion of a Township right-of-way, except under such conditions, restrictions and regulation relating to the installation and maintenance thereof, as may be prescribed in permits granted by the Township for such purposes.
(Ord. 24, 6/6/1974, § 1; as amended by Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
The application for a permit shall be in a form prescribed by the Township and submitted to the Township in triplicate. The application shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the schedule of fees adopted by resolution from time to time by the Township for highway occupancy permits and restoration charges. In addition, the applicant shall submit three copies of a sketch showing such dimensions as the location of the intended facility, width of the traveled roadway, right-of-way lines and a dimension to the nearest intersecting street.
(Ord. 24, 6/6/1974, § 2; as amended by Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
Upon completion of work authorized by the permit, the Township shall inspect the work and, when necessary, enforce compliance with conditions, restrictions and regulations prescribed by the permit. Where any settlement or defect of the work occurs, if the applicant shall fail to rectify any such settlement or other defect within 60 days after written notice from the Township to do so, the Township may do the work and shall impose upon the applicant the cost thereof together with an additional 20% of such cost.
(Ord. 24, 6/6/1974, § 5)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days.
(Ord. 24, 6/6/1974, § 6; as amended by Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
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