(A) Permit administration procedure. Emergency repairs involving the placing of facilities or opening of the surface within the right-of-way may be performed prior to obtaining a permit provided the following procedure is adhered to.
(1) The utility shall immediately notify the borough by telephone when the necessity for an emergency repair occurs.
(2) Prior to opening the surface or placing utility facilities within the right-of-way, the utility work crew shall enter the following information on the emergency permit card hereinafter provided for in legible handwriting, using indelible ink:
(a) Date emergency work is started;
(b) Time emergency work is started;
(c) Location of emergency work site; and
(d) Description of emergency work.
(3) The completed, original emergency permit card shall be located at the work site and shall be available for inspection by any representative of the borough. Reproduced copies of the original card are not valid.
(4) A regular permit shall be applied for within five days to confirm and set forth, in detail, any work performed. The application number shall then be entered on the emergency permit card by the applicant.
(5) All work performed under the authority of an emergency permit card shall conform to the regulations set forth in this subchapter, including without limitation those regulations set forth in § 94.35 (relating to general conditions), § 94.36 (relating to special conditions - subsurface operations) and § 94.37 (relating to special conditions - above-ground facilities).
(B) Use of card. Each emergency permit card is valid for two years or 25 emergency repairs, whichever occurs first.
(1) Emergency permit cards may be obtained by a utility by letter of request addressed to the Borough Manager listing thereon the number of emergency permit cards desired. The fee for such cards shall be set by resolution of Borough Council.
(2) The holder of emergency permit cards is responsible for assigning the proper emergency permit cards to its work crews.
(3) Each emergency permit card shall be returned to the borough within 15 days after either the twenty-fifth emergency repair authorized by the card or two years from the card issuance date, whichever occurs first.
(C) Exceptions. Emergency repairs to utility facilities within the right-of-way do not require an emergency permit card in the following instances; however, the provisions contained in PennDOT Publication No. 203 shall be adhered to: accessing the utility facility through a manhole.
(Ord. 1-1984, passed 3-12-1984)