[Derived from § 5-6 of the 1972 Ocean Codified
Ordinances]
A.
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting or bordering on
any street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the
abutting sidewalks of such street or the abutting right-of-way actually
used by the public, or in the event of ice which may be so frozen
as to make removal impractical, shall cause the same to be thoroughly
covered with sand or ashes, within 12 hours of daylight after the
same shall fall or be formed thereon.
B.
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises used by the public or business
invitees shall remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks, streets,
rights-of-way and parking areas used by the public in the transaction
of business thereat, and in the event of ice which may be so frozen
as to make removal impractical, shall cause the same to be thoroughly
covered with sand or ashes, within 12 hours of daylight after the
same shall fall or be formed thereon.
No owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting on any
street shall throw, place or deposit snow or ice into or on any street,
it being the intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all
persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow and ice
which accumulates within the private property belonging to that person
on the sidewalk, or streets of the Township.
In case such snow or ice shall not be removed from such sidewalks
or shall be cast or deposited thereon or placed upon the sidewalks
or the street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises provided
in this chapter, the same shall be removed under the direction of
the Road Supervisor, and the cost of removal as nearly as can be ascertained
shall be certified by the Road Supervisor to the Treasurer. The Township
Committee shall examine the certification, and if found to be correct,
shall cause the cost to be charged against the real estate abutting
or bordering upon such sidewalks, and the amount so charged shall
forthwith become a lien and a tax in the same manner as the taxes
next to be levied and assessed upon the premises and shall bear interest
and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in the same
manner as other taxes. The imposition and collection of a fine or
other penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this shall
not constitute any bar to the right of the Township to collect the
cost, as certified, for the removal of snow or ice in the manner herein
authorized.
