[Adopted by Ord. No. 6-10-1889I (Ch. 21, Part 4, of the 1992 Code)]
[Added by Ord. No. 5-28-1913B]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to place a pile of stone, lumber, brick, mortar beds, boxes, barrels, merchandise, household goods, furniture or any other articles or things whatsoever within a radius of four feet on the sidewalk or pavement and a radius of 10 feet on the street or highway of any fire hydrant or plug within the limits of said Borough of Manheim.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-28-1913B; amended 9-21-1955 by Ord. No. 282; 7-14-1992 by Ord. No. 524]
Any person or persons violating any provision of § 190-1 of this article shall, upon conviction thereof before the Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
It shall not be lawful for any person to willfully obstruct or damage any watercourse or gutter along any street, lane or alley in the Borough.
[Amended 9-21-1955 by Ord. No. 278]
All persons owning any property abutting upon any street or alley in the Borough shall keep all trees overhanging such street or alley trimmed so that no part thereof shall be closer than eight feet above the surface of the sidewalk or 14 feet above the surface of the street and so that no part of the roots or trunk shall extend into the cartway, and shall maintain no permanent or temporary structure or thing overhanging the sidewalk with any part thereof closer than eight feet above the level of such sidewalk, provided that nothing in this section shall authorize the construction or maintenance of any overhanging thing that is prohibited by or does not conform to the requirements of any other valid ordinance of the Borough.
[Amended 9-21-1955 by Ord. No. 278; 6-28-1966 by Ord. No. 371; 11-27-2018 by Ord. No. 660]
The owner, occupant or tenant of every property fronting upon or alongside any of the streets or alleys of the Borough shall remove or cause to be removed from all of the sidewalks in front of or alongside of such property all snow or ice thereon fallen or formed within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or to be formed, or after the same has been deposited thereon in any manner, so that a pathway for pedestrians of not less than three feet in width is cleared, provided that the owner of a property shall be responsible for carrying out the requirements of this section where such property is occupied by him or is unoccupied or where the property is a multiple-business or multiple-dwelling property designed to be occupied by more than one tenant; the tenant or occupier shall be responsible where such property is occupied by such tenant only. No snow or ice removed from any sidewalk for the pathway or removed by an owner, occupant or tenant from any street or alley along any curb for a parking area for vehicles or for other purposes shall be deposited at places in the streets or alleys of the Borough which have been plowed or cleared of snow or ice.
[Amended 6-28-1966 by Ord. No. 371]
Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution for each and every violation and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, undergo an imprisonment for a period of not more than 30 days, provided that, in any case where any person or persons shall fail to remove any obstruction or to remedy any condition prohibited by this article, Borough Council may cause such obstruction to be removed or condition to be remedied and the cost of such work, together with an additional charge of 10%, shall be collected from such person or persons, which may be in addition to any penalty imposed under this section.
