[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount
Laurel 2-21-1966 as Ord. No. 1966-2. Section
127-3 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 135.
Each and every owner of land abutting upon a public highway where the
adjacent sidewalk is paved shall remove all snow and ice from such adjacent
sidewalk within 12 hours of daylight next after such snow and ice shall fall
or be formed thereon.
Each and every tenant of land abutting upon a public highway where the
adjacent sidewalk is paved shall remove all snow and ice from such adjacent
sidewalk within 12 hours of daylight next after such snow and ice shall fall
or be formed thereon.
[Amended 10-17-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-31; 10-1-1984
by Ord. No. 1984-33]
Any person who shall violate this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof
before any judicial officer authorized to hear and determine the matter, forfeit
and pay such fine not exceeding the sum of $1,000 as shall be imposed by such
judicial officer in his discretion or, if the party so convicted be a natural
person, be imprisoned in the township jail or county jail for such term not
exceeding 90 days as such judicial officer, in his discretion, shall determine;
provided, however, that if the party so convicted be a natural person, such
judicial officer shall have power, in his discretion, to impose sentence of
both fine and imprisonment not exceeding the maximum limits hereinbefore fixed.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes natural person and, where appropriate in the context, copartnership
and corporation, and any number of them.
