[Adopted 1-31-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-01]
A.
All persons, partnerships, corporations or firms which
own, occupy or rent property in the Township of Athens that abuts
a sidewalk shall remove all snow and/or ice from its sidewalk. All
such snow or ice shall be removed within 24 hours after all snow or
ice has ceased to fall and/or be formed. No snow or ice removed from
any sidewalk shall be dumped, piled or otherwise placed onto any public
street or thoroughfare of the Township of Athens. The owner of any
unoccupied or vacant structure or parcel of land that abuts a sidewalk
shall be responsible for compliance with this section.
B.
For purposes of this article, a property abuts a sidewalk
if the sidewalk is used by the public for travel and the same runs
parallel to any road, street or alley in the Township. The provisions
of this article shall not apply to any sidewalk installed primarily
for the exclusive use of the property owner, occupant or tenant and
which does not abut a road, street or alley.
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation
that violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $75 nor more
than $200 and, in default of payment of said fine, to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this
article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
If the owner, occupant or tenant fails to abate
the condition upon his sidewalk within the time limit prescribed,
the Township of Athens shall have the authority to take measures to
remove the snow and/or ice and collect the costs of such removal as
the Township may incur, plus 10% of all costs incurred. The Township
of Athens, in such event and pursuant to its statutory or otherwise
authorized police powers, shall have the right and power to enter
upon the offending premises to accomplish the foregoing.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement
of this article or any remedy provided by law shall not be deemed
mutually exclusive; rather, they may be employed simultaneously or
consecutively at the option of the Athens Township Board of Supervisors.
