(1) Construction materials used in connection with the
construction or repair of a building, footway or other structure may be
temporarily stored upon the roadway if a permit to do so has ben
obtained.
(2) The permit shall be issued by the Department of Licenses
and Inspections with the approval of the Department of Streets for such period
of time as they deem necessary and reasonable.
(3) The permit shall be
displayed at all times in a conspicuous place on the occupied
highway.
(4) The following fees shall be charged for each permit and for
each extension:
[67] (a) Unpaved
Streets: $15. for each building frontage of 40 feet or less, per month or part
thereof;
(b) Paved Streets: $30. for each building frontage of 40 feet
or less, per month or part thereof.
(5) The occupied area shall not
exceed the frontage of the premises to be built upon or repaired; except that if
written permission is obtained from the adjoining property owners and the space
is for storage of materials for use in reconstruction, an additional 30 feet may
be occupied on each side of the building frontage for which the permit is
granted.
(6) The breadth of the occupied area shall not exceed 9
feet.
(7) The height of the occupied area shall not exceed 13
feet.
(8) The construction materials may extend 1 foot inside the curb
line, but a gutter 15 inches wide and 12 inches high shall be left along the
curb, with a clean cut transverse opening, 12 by 18 inches, every 25 feet of
length.
(9) A passageway shall at all times be left between the stored
materials and the opposite curb, sufficient for the passage of vehicles of at
least 20 feet, as determined by the Department of Streets.
(10) No
materials, structures or other obstructions shall be placed within 15 feet of
any fire hydrant or within 25 feet of highway intersection or crossing, or
within 2½ feet of any railway track, or across any footway.
(11) No
old materials, rubbish or dirt shall be stored on highways, except when used in
construction or repair operations.
(12) No construction materials may be
stored upon any street within the area bounded by Spring Garden Street, the
Delaware River, South Street, and the Schuylkill River, including both sides of
the boundary streets, and on Broad Street between Lehigh Avenue and Washington
Avenue, or upon any street which is part of the Classified Street
System.
(13) No construction materials shall be stored on the streets
when the construction or repair work is sufficiently advanced so that occupancy
of the streets is unnecessary.
(14) Between sundown and sunrise, red
lights shall be placed at the outer edges of the occupied areas at intervals of
not more than 30 feet.
(15) The construction materials shall be stored
so as to prevent dangers to pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(16) The
occupied area and the areas adjacent thereto shall be maintained in a condition
satisfactory to the Department of Licenses and Inspections, including prompt
removal of all dirt, sweepings, waste materials, rubbish or other debris
produced or accumulated, and sprinkling of the occupied area and adjacent areas
to eliminate dust resulting from the storage of materials, and in a condition
satisfactory to the Department of Streets and the Police Department so as not to
interfere with the movement of traffic.