Ditch Enclosure Permit

Franklin Township is responsible for the installation and maintenance of ditch pipes that are necessary to ensure the safety of vehicles or pedestrians using the roadway.  The installation and maintenance of all other ditch pipes is the responsibility of the property owner.  Franklin Township requires property owners to complete an Application for a Ditch Enclosure Permit and pay a $25 permit fee prior to installing or repairing a ditch pipe.  The completed application should be sent to the Township Administrator for review by the Road Superintendent. Construction or maintenance of the ditch pipe cannot begin until the applicant has received written approval from the Road Superintendent.  

Roadway Work Permit

Franklin Township residents who are planning to perform any work within the right-of-way or any construction work that may disturb a roadway or bike path must contact the Franklin Township Road Superintendent to determine if a Right-of-Way Use Permit Application is necessary.  If the permit is necessary, a completed Application and a $25 permit fee must be sent to the Township Administrator for review by the Road Superintendent. Work cannot begin until the resident has received written approval from the Road Superintendent.

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Procedure for NPDES Permit Issuance

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In addition to a Right-of-Way Use Permit Application and $25 permit fee, applications for NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) will adhere to the procedure found here.

Each year, Franklin Township sponsors a leaf pick-up. Loose leaves are gathered from the road edge, and transported to nearby mulching facilities where they are recycled into leaf mulch, a nutrient-rich humus.

   Click here for the 2025 Leaf Pickup Schedule     

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The Franklin Township Brush Chipping Service is provided to assist Township residents dispose of storm damaged tree limbs, branches, brush and debris and natural Christmas trees. It is also provided to assist residents in the removal of limbs and branches pruned by the residents themselves. Franklin Township will not pick up tree materials that have been cut and placed out for pick up by a contractor.  This service is for storm limbs and light tree pruning.  

Chipping will be the first week of every OTHER month: April, June, August, and October.  The Trustees have placed a 30 minute chipping time limit for each stop. The chipping crew will stop chipping after 30 minutes. The crew will return to the interrupted stop to  perform additional chipping if time allows at the end of the chipping schedule.

The Township provides this service after storms and during the beginning of every other month from April through October.  Check the calendar for specific dates for the chipping service.  Limbs and branches should be placed curbside by Monday 7:30 am of the chipping week.   A week or two after the Christmas holidays, the Road Crew will also spend a few days driving around neighborhoods and chipping up natural Christmas trees that are left at the curb. 

To ensure tree limbs and branches and Christmas trees will be chipped please observe the following. 

Place cut material in the right of way near the road with the cut end facing the road. Do not place material in the roadway or across bike trails. Arrange material in neat reasonably sized piles. 

The following materials are not accepted for chipping. ​

• Tree materials cut and placed out by a contractor

• Finished lumber​

• Grass clippings, plants with thorns (hawthorns, rosebushes, etc)

• Flower /vegetable garden materials

• Fruit on tree limbs

• Tree material greater than 8 inches in diameter

• Stumps or branches with dirt on them

• Fire wood sized cuts of trees (these can jam the chipper)