Borough of Northvale, NJ
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2023-12-13
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 174 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article V Removal of Snow, Ice and Other Impediments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Assessments
- Ch 7 Claims Approval
- Ch 9 Contracts
- Ch 10 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 14 Court, Municipal
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 18 Fire Department
- Ch 21 Health, Board of
- Ch 25 Housing Agencies
- Ch 29 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 31 Length of Service Award Program
- Ch 33 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 36 Official Seal
- Ch 37 Officers and Employees
- Ch 38 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 39 Personnel Policies and Practices
- Ch 42 Police Department
- Ch 43 Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Mutual Aid Agreements
- Ch 44 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 45 Professional Fee Limits
- Ch 46 Public Works Department
- Ch 47 Registration of Business and Rental Unit Insurance
- Ch 48 Retirement
- Ch 50 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 54 Senior Citizens Center Board of Trustees
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 61 Alarm Systems
- Ch 65 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 69 Amusement Devices
- Ch 72 Animals
- Ch 74 Background Checks
- Ch 76 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 80 Certificates
- Ch 84 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 89 Contractors
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Development Fees
- Ch 96 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 97 Fees
- Ch 99 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 101 Fire Prevention
- Ch 105 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 109 Games of Chance
- Ch 112 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 114 Hunting
- Ch 118 Littering
- Ch 120 Loitering
- Ch 127 Noise
- Ch 131 Parking Lots
- Ch 135 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 140 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 142 Planting and Growing of Bamboo
- Ch 144 Poolrooms
- Ch 147 Property Maintenance
- Ch 150 Sales, Garage and Sidewalk
- Ch 151 Sewers
- Ch 153 Sex Offenders
- Ch 155 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 156 (Reserved)
- Ch 159 Site Plan Review
- Ch 162 Site Work Permits
- Ch 166 Soil Removal
- Ch 170 Solid Waste
- Ch 172 Stormwater Management
- Ch 173 Stream Corridor Protection
- Ch 174 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 174 Art V Removal of Snow, Ice and Other Impediments
- § 174-38 Duty of owners, tenants and/or occupiers of land to remove snow and ice.
- § 174-39 Removal of undergrowth and other impediments.
- § 174-40 Inspection of sidewalks; issuance of summons for violation.
- § 174-41 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 178 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 180 Swimming Pools
- Ch 182 Taxation
- Ch 184 Towing and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 186 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 190 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 193 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 206 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 209 Animals
- Ch 211 Food Handlers
- Ch 213 Licenses and Fees
- Ch 221 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 234 Sanitation
- Ch 240 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-1-1922 as Ord. No. 29; amended
in its entirety 1-2-1950 by Ord. No. 196 (Ch. 60 of the 1969 Code)]
[Amended 4-10-1996 by Ord. No. 697-96]
A.Â
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants, occupier or
occupiers of land adjacent, abutting or bordering on improved sidewalks
and/or walkways of public streets, avenues, lanes or highways within
the Borough of Northvale shall remove all ice and snow from the sidewalks
and/or walkways in front of such lands within 24 hours after the same
shall be formed or the cessation of the fall thereon.
B.Â
In the event that said owner, tenant or occupier fails to remove said ice or snow within the time period provided under § 174-38A hereinabove, the Borough of Northvale, through its agents, employees and/or servants, may in its discretion cause said ice or snow to be removed.
C.Â
In the event that the Borough of Northvale elects
in its discretion to remove said ice or snow, the owner, tenant and/or
occupier of the land responsible for said removal shall be obligated
and responsible to repay the borough for its costs for the removal
thereof.
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of land
abutting or bordering on improved sidewalks of public streets, avenues
or highways within the limits of the Borough of Northvale shall remove
all grass, weeds, bushes, brush, undergrowth and other impediments
from the improved sidewalks in front of such lands within two days
after notice to remove the same.
The Chief of Police or his delegated subordinate
shall inspect the sidewalks of public streets, avenues or highways
within the limits of the Borough of Northvale, and any owner or owners,
tenant or tenants of land within the Borough of Northvale violating
any part of this article shall be given a summons to appear before
the Judge.
