[Amended 3-21-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-04]
A. Each owner, tenant or tenants or persons in possession of each tract
of land within the limits of the Town of Belvidere having a sidewalk
parallel to the public road thereon, whether such land may have a
building or buildings thereon or may be vacant land shall remove or
caused to be removed the snow and/or ice from said sidewalk within
24 hours after each snowfall shall have ceased.
B. No person or owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting on
any street shall throw, place or deposit snow or ice into or on any
street or any waterway within the Town of Belvidere, 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 sidewalks,
streets or waterways of the Town.
[Amended 10-16-1989 by Ord. No. 89-15]
If such owner, tenant or tenants or persons in possession of
any such tract of land shall fail to remove or cause to be removed
such snow from said sidewalk within the time hereinabove specified,
the Division of Street Services of the Town of Belvidere may, without
further notice to such owner, tenant or tenants or persons in said
possession of said tract of land, remove said snow from said sidewalk,
and the Town Clerk shall thereupon submit a bill to such owner, tenant
or tenants or persons in possession for the cost of such snow removal,
which bill shall be not less than $50. If said bill is not paid within
30 days from the date of mailing the same, the amount thereof shall
be added to the tax bill of such owner and collected by the Collector
of Taxes in the same manner as other municipal taxes.
[Amended 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11]
In addition to the other charges provided for in this article,
any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment
in the county jail not exceeding 90 days, or both.