[Adopted 9-12-1957 by Ord. No. 604]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes and embraces any person, persons, firm, company or corporation.
A. 
Sidewalks shall be graded, paved and repaired by the owner of lots abutting thereon as required by Council, within 30 days after service of notice to do so by certified mail directed to the occupant or owner of the property at his last known address, said notice to be signed by the Borough Secretary.
B. 
All such notices shall be served upon the owners of the premises to which the notices refer if such owner be a resident of Emsworth Borough. If the owner is not a resident, then the notice may be served upon the agent or tenant of the owner, or upon the occupant of such premises. If the owner has no agent or tenant, or there be no occupier of such premises, then service shall be by printed or written notice posted upon the premises.
C. 
Upon the neglect of any owner of lots to comply with the requirements as provided in the preceding sections of this article, Council may, after notice as aforesaid, cause the grading, paving and repairing to be done at the expense of such owner, and may collect the costs thereof and 10% additional together with all charges and expenses from such owner and may file a municipal claim therefor, or collect the same by action in assumpsit.
D. 
Emergency repairs. When in the opinion of the Street Committee of Council a dangerous condition exists that can be repaired by an expenditure of not more than $25, a notice to make the repairs within 48 hours shall be served upon the owner of said property. If the owner cannot be served within the County of Allegheny, a notice may be served upon the agent of the owner or the part in possession, if any there be, or, if there be no agent or party in possession, the notice may be served by posting upon the most public part of the said premises.
E. 
Upon the neglect of any such owner of lots to comply with the requirements of the Street Committee of Council to make such emergency repairs as set forth in Subsection D of this section, the Street Committee of Council may, after notice as aforesaid, cause the emergency repairs to be made at the cost of such owner.
F. 
Upon the completion of any emergency repairs as provided in Subsections D and E of this section, the cost thereof shall be a charge against the owner of the property, and shall be a lien, until paid, upon the abutting property, provided a claim is filed therefor in accordance with the law provided for the filing and collection of a municipal claim.
G. 
Construction specifications.
[Amended 8-12-1987 by Ord. No. 831]
(1) 
All sidewalks shall be constructed according to the following specifications: the total depth of sidewalks shall be four inches of concrete on a compacted base. Concrete shall be composed of one part portland cement, two parts clean river sand and three parts river gravel mixed and laid to said standard practice.
(2) 
The finished walk shall rise 1/4 inch from the curb towards the property line.
H. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or contractors to pave to the curb in residential property and there shall be an eighteen-inch area of grass between the curb and the sidewalk.
[Added 8-12-1987 by Ord. No. 831]
A. 
The width of sidewalks now in position shall remain as established by the ordinances in force at the time of their establishment.
B. 
The width of sidewalks on streets and avenues of the Borough not already graded and paved shall be a minimum of four feet in width.
[Amended 8-12-1987 by Ord. No. 831]
C. 
The sidewalks in front of all business houses, shops, school houses, churches, and public halls shall be paved from the building or property line to the curb.
D. 
In front of private residences and unimproved property the sidewalks on streets 50 feet in width and upward shall be paved to a width of five feet; streets 40 feet in width and less shall be paved to a width of four feet. The center line of the paved portion shall conform to the center line of the space between the face of the curb and the property line.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle against or over any curbstone or drive any vehicle on or over any sidewalk without the permission of the owner of the property fronting on said sidewalk; and it shall be unlawful to drive any vehicle over any sidewalk without taking proper precautions not to injure or damage said sidewalk.
B. 
Any person desiring to remove any portion or portions of the sidewalks or footways shall apply to the Street Commissioner for a permit so to do and on the issuing of said permit shall pay to the Borough of Emsworth the sum of $2 per lineal foot of pavement so disturbed as security that the said sidewalk or footway shall be replaced in as good condition as before removal. Said fee may hereafter be amended by ordinance or resolution of the Borough Council of the Borough of Emsworth. The sum so deposited shall be returned to the person holding said permit as soon as the said walk or footway shall be replaced to the satisfaction of the Street Commissioner or Acting Street Commissioner. On failure to comply with the terms of said permit the Street Commissioner shall make the necessary repairs and the amount so deposited shall be forfeited to the Borough of Emsworth.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to congregate on and obstruct said sidewalks or footways.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any owner, tenant or other person in charge or possession of any property abutting on any of the streets of the Borough, to permit the accumulation of snow, ice, earth, mud, rubbish, etc., upon said sidewalks in front of said property for a longer period than 24 hours.
E. 
Whenever the owner of any lot cannot be found within the county and no person or persons in charge of said lot are known, the work of removing said snow, ice, earth, mud, rubbish, etc., prohibited by the preceding subsection of this section, shall be performed by the Borough authorities and the costs of the same shall be filed as a lien against said lot in the same manner and form as other municipal liens are filed.
F. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to display for sale, for advertising or for other purposes any article of merchandise, manufactured or unmanufactured, food stuffs, vegetables, or any other material or materials whatsoever, upon the sidewalks of the Borough except by the person in possession of the premises abutting on the sidewalk and within a distance of not more than 2 1/2 feet from the property true.
G. 
All person or persons constructing or repairing sidewalks in the Borough shall do so subject to the direction and satisfaction of the Borough Council through its Street Commissioner or Acting Street Commissioner.
[Added 8-12-1987 by Ord. No. 831]
Any person violating the provisions of § 207-4A, B, C, D and F shall, upon conviction thereof by any District Justice or other court of competent jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 for each offense, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.