[Adopted 2-27-1963]
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants,
tenant or tenants of all properties abutting any public highway in
the Borough of Middlesex shall be individually and jointly responsible
for the removal of, and shall remove, all snow and ice from said properties
in accordance with the further provisions of this article.
In the case of properties primarily residential
or vacant having sidewalks abutting a public highway, all snow and
ice shall be removed from all portions of the said sidewalk down to
its natural surface.
In the case of properties primarily residential
or vacant having no sidewalks, all snow and ice shall be removed down
to the natural surface of the ground along a strip at least four feet
wide, paralleling said highway but no closer to the paved portion
thereof than four feet and no more distant therefrom than eight feet,
which said strip shall be continuous for the width of said property.
In the case of properties other than those governed by §§ 359-11 and 359-12 above having sidewalks abutting a public highway which said sidewalks cover all or substantially all of the property between the building or other place of commerce and the curb or lateral limit of said highway.
A.
Where the width of said sidewalk equals or exceeds
10 feet, all snow and ice shall be removed from all portions thereof
down to its natural surface, except for any portion thereof within
six feet of the curb or other lateral limit of the highway, it being
the intention of this subsection that such reserved six-foot portion
shall be used for the deposit of snow or ice removed from elsewhere
on said sidewalk and for the deposit of snow which may be plowed from
the highway by the Borough of Middlesex or other governmental authority.
B.
Where the width of said sidewalk is less than 10 feet,
all snow and ice shall be removed from all portions thereof down to
its natural surface, except for 1/2 the width thereof nearest
the curb or other lateral limit of the highway, it being the intention
of this subsection that such reserved portion of 1/2 the width
of said sidewalk shall be used for the deposit of snow or ice removed
from elsewhere on said sidewalk and for the deposit of snow which
may be plowed from the highway by the Borough of Middlesex or other
governmental authority.
In the event that said snow or ice, or either,
is so frozen as to make removal impracticable, covering the same thoroughly
with sand or ashes shall be deemed compliance with the removal provisions
of this article.
Removal of ice and snow as aforesaid shall be
accomplished within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall
or be formed thereon.
[Amended 11-15-1994 by Ord. No. 1330]
No owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant
or tenants shall deposit any removed ice or snow in any public way,
nor shall the owner or operator of premises having parking spaces
reserved for handicapped drivers, nor shall any tenant, contractor
or other person block access to such parking stalls reserved for handicapped
drivers by the plowing, piling or placement of snow or ice in such
spaces.
Private sidewalks, not used by the general public,
are specifically excluded from the provisions of this article.
Any person, firm, corporation or other organization
who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, pay a fine not exceeding $200 or be imprisoned
in the Middlesex County Jail for any term not exceeding 90 days, or
both, in the discretion of the Magistrate of the Municipal Court before
whom such conviction shall be had, and each and every day in which
said violation exists shall constitute a separate violation.
