HomeMy WebLinkAbout1728A By-Law for permitting and regulating the size and mode of construction of culverts situated on a Highway.
expedient to regulate the materials used, manner of construction,
and payment of cost for the construction of private driveway or
entrance culverts;
AND WHEREAS the authority for the works herein are to be
undertaken under the terms of The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970,
Chapter 2$t~, S. 352, S.S. 20, and amendments thereto;
The Council of The Corporation of the Township of Clarke
enacts as follows:
1. All persons requiring an entrance onto any road under the
jurisdiction of the Township of Clarke shall make application to
the Road Superintendent of the Township of Clarke for the supply
and installation of entrance culverts.
2. The Road Superintendent or his agent shall determine if a
culvert is necessary in conjunction with the entrance applied for.
3. The Building Inspector of the Township of Clarke shall not
issue a building permit to an applicant until he has received a
copy of the Entrance Culvert Application and Work Order duly
completed.
l~.. Upon receiving any application the Road Superintendent or his
agent shall determine the type and diameter of culvert that shall
be used.
5. No person shall install or allow to be installed any culvert
~n a road in the Township of Clarke without having made application
under this By-Law and having secured the approval of the Road
Superintendent.
6. No culvert other than that approved by the Rosd Superintendent
shall be used within the Township and not so as to restrict the
generality of the foregoing but for purposes of clarification the
requirements shall be interpreted to preclude the use of boiler
pipes, water main, wood plank, concrete block or any unsatisfactory
material.
7. The minimum size of a culvert that may be installed shall be
twenty-two feet (22t) in length by fifteen inches (15`ta in diameter.
$. Where a culvert in excess of 50 feet in length is requested
the applicant shall be required to pay the entire cost of constructing
as many catch basins as may be necessary in the opinion of the Road
Superintendent to facilitate surface drainage from the roadway.
9. Where a person has installed or allowed to be installed any
culvert other than that approved by the Road Superintendent then
that person shall be notified of the condition and requested to
remove the culvert. Should the removal of any unsatisfactory culvert
be not completed within 30 days of receiving notification then the
Road Superintendent may direct a Road Employee to remove the culvert
and the person shall pay the full cost of such removal.
10. Where a culvert has been installed in accordance with the
provisions of this ~y-law then the Township of Clarke shall assume
all future maintenance of such culvert.
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11. Where an entrance culvert is required the applicant shall pay
to the Township of Clarke the cost of the culvert together with
the installation charges as follows:
(a) minimum installation charge is ~1+l~.00 plus the cost of
culvert pipe
(b) culverts in excess of minimum size shall be charged at
the rate of $2.00 per lineal foot plus the cost of
culvert pipe
(c) installations requiring more than 3 loads of gravel or
fill, the applicant or owner shall be charged for the
cost of the extra gravel or fill
12. All applications are subject to the hereinafter noted conditions:
(a) A nonrreturnable application fee of X10.00 shall accompgny
each ap-plication for entrance permit. If the application
is completed and paid within 90 days, the X10.00 application
fee will form part of the approved cost.
(b) Permit applications will expire after 90 days from date
of issue if approved cost has not been paid by applicant.
(cj Permit applications will expire after 1 year from date
of issue if approved cost is paid by applicant but
culvert not installed, save and excepting where the
installation is delayed by reason of reconstruction of~
subject road. Where approved cost of entrance has been
paid by applicant and the permit has expired, the approved
cost, less $10.00 application fee, will be returned to the
applicant.
(d) Entrance Culvert ~-pplication and Work Orders are not
transferable except those that have been paid for and
installation completed.
13. Any person wha contravenes any provision of this Bylaw shall
upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding X100.00
recoverable under The Summary Convictions Nct.
1l~. By-Law No. 1162 be and is hereby repealed.
Read a first and second time this / s~day of February 1972.
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Read a third time and finally passed this /`S day of
February 1972.
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