PRINTER'S NO. 1639
No. 1401 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DORR, TIGUE, BARLEY, ITKIN, VROON, BORTNER,
ROBINSON, COHEN, BELFANTI, J. TAYLOR, JOHNSON, SERAFINI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, CIVERA, LASHINGER, RAYMOND, MICOZZIE, GEIST,
J. L. WRIGHT, CLYMER, GANNON, BURD AND TRELLO, MAY 22, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 22, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled
2 "An act concerning townships of the first class; amending,
3 revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
4 thereto," empowering commissioners to maintain certain
5 alleyways with public funds.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 2012 and 2013 of the act of June 24,
9 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,
10 reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569), are
11 amended to read:
12 Section 2012. Width of Public Roads.--The width of a street
13 in townships shall not be less than thirty-three feet or more
14 than one hundred and twenty feet, unless, in any particular
15 case, the township commissioners shall determine that a street
16 of lesser width will be sufficient for public use and travel;
17 but in no case shall any public street be less than twenty-four
18 feet in width: Provided, That the width of alleyways may be less
1 than twenty-four feet: Further provided, That the limits of
2 width shall not be construed to include the width required for
3 necessary slopes in cuts or fills, when the limits of the street
4 and the extra width required for such slopes exceed the limits
5 of width herein specified.
6 Section 2013. Opening and Repairing Roads.--(a) Streets
7 laid out by lawful authority in townships shall, as soon as may
8 be practicable, be effectually opened and constantly kept in
9 repair. All streets shall, at all seasons, be kept reasonably
10 clear of all impediments to easy and convenient traveling, at
11 the expense of the township.
12 (b) Township commissioners shall have the power and may
13 expend public funds to open and maintain alleyways without
14 regard to the limitations in section 2012.
15 (c) Whenever proceedings have been heretofore or may
16 hereafter be begun for the opening and laying out of any street
17 in any township, such street shall be physically opened upon the
18 ground for use by the public within the period of five years
19 next after the completion of such proceedings, and if not so
20 opened, then such proceedings shall be deemed to be void and of
21 no effect, and the land proposed to be taken shall revert to the
22 owners of the land, as in the case of the vacation of a street,
23 free of any easement or right of the public to use the same.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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