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Plains Township, PA Code of Ordinances
TOWNSHIP OF PLAINS, PENNSYLVANIA CODE OF ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
Chapter 1 Administration and Government
Chapter 2 Animals
Chapter 3 [Reserved]
Chapter 4 [Reserved]
Chapter 5 Code Enforcement
Chapter 6 Conduct
Chapter 7 Emergency Management
Chapter 8 [Reserved]
Chapter 9 [Reserved]
Chapter 10 Health and Safety
Chapter 11 Housing
Chapter 12 [Reserved]
Chapter 13 Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations
Chapter 14 [Reserved]
Chapter 15 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 16 Parks and Recreation
Chapter 17 [Reserved]
Chapter 18 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Chapter 19 [Reserved]
Chapter 20 Solid Waste
Chapter 21 Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 22 Subdivision and Land Development
Chapter 23 Stormwater Management
Chapter 24 Taxation; Special
Chapter 25 [Reserved]
Chapter 26 [Reserved]
Chapter 27 Zoning
Appendix
Fee Schedule
Table of Disposition of All Ordinances
Table of Disposition of Significant Resolutions
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B.   Permits
§ 21-111.   Alternate Permit Procedure.
   1.   Notification by telephone, to the Township Zoning Officer must be made a minimum of 15 minutes in advance of excavation, but not more than 24 hours in advance of excavation. An entry in the Township pave cut log (the record of notification of the Township) together with a completed application for pave cut permit shall constitute a permit. The completion of an application form alone shall not constitute a permit.
   2.   An application form, properly completed and including a location sketch shall be collected from the utility on a monthly basis by the Township. Permit fees shall be billed on a monthly basis by the Township of Plains and shall be payable to the Township. Application forms shall be provided by the Plains Township Zoning Officer.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 201)
§ 21-112.   Emergency Permit Procedures.
   1.   In the case where an emergency repair, as herein before defined, is found, the utility shall first notify the Township Zoning Officer, and inform him or her that an emergency exists.
   2.   When the emergency occurs after the normal Township working hours, on weekends and holidays, the Township Police Dispatcher must be notified. Emergency pave cuts shall be recorded in the Township pave cut log at the start of the next business day following the emergency.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 202)
§ 21-113.   Nonfee Permits.
   Pave cuts necessitated by the Township sponsored public improvements will be on a nonfee basis but limited to a specific contract area. Work done outside a project area will be handled under § 21-111, and will require a permit fee. A list of noting exact locations and dimensions of all such cuts shall be submitted to the Department of Public Works at the completion of work. Notification will be required for any pave cuts made in state highways located within the Township for which a highway occupancy permit has been issued.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 118)
§ 21-114.   Penalty for Failure to Obtain a Permit.
   All work done without a permit shall be subject to a penalty plus regular fees. (See Fee Schedule.)
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 119)
§ 21-115.   Insurance Protection.
   1.   The applicant shall protect, defend, indemnify and save harmless the municipality, its officers and/or agents thereof, from all claims, suits, actions and proceedings of every nature and description which may be brought against the municipality, its officers or agents thereof, for or on account of any injuries or damages to persons or public or private property, because of any materials or appliances used in the work, or by or on account of improper materials or workmanship, or for or on account of any accident or any other act, negligence or omissions of said applicant, or his or her agents, servants or employees, and the municipality shall not, in any way, be liable therefor during the period of the work progress and for the period following the completion of the work until the street is resurfaced or reconstructed by the municipality.
   2.   Minimum insurance shall be:
   A.   Five hundred thousand dollars liability per individual with a limit of $1,000,000 for each occurrence for bodily injury.
   B.   Five hundred thousand dollars liability for property damage.
   C.   Evidence of insurance in the form of a certificate or letter executed by a duly authorized representative of the applicant’s insurance carrier shall be submitted to the Engineer each January 15. Said evidence of insurance must include the provision that the Township shall be given proper advance notice of at least 30 days of cancellation or any material alteration in the applicant’s policy.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 120; as amended by Ord. 2015-2, 5/14/2015, § 120)
§ 21-116.   Safety Precautions.
   During the progress of work the applicant shall provide and maintain such barricades, warning signs and flagpersons as may be deemed necessary by the Township to prevent accidents to the public and/or adjoining tenants. Minimum precautions must include, but should not be limited to, advance warning signs on all approaches to the work, safe crossing for pedestrians each 300 feet, barricades with flashers on each exposed side at 50-foot intervals. All precautions shall be in accordance with the “Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices” as adopted by USTA 1972 and current update.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 121)
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