[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Moorestown 2-22-1954 by Ord. No. 271. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Each and every owner of land abutting upon a
public highway where the adjacent sidewalk is paved shall remove all
snow and ice from such adjacent sidewalk for a width of not less than
four feet within 12 hours of daylight next after such snow and ice
shall fall or be formed thereon.
Each and every tenant of land abutting upon
a public highway where the adjacent sidewalk is paved shall remove
all snow and ice from such adjacent sidewalk for a width of not less
than four feet within 12 hours of daylight next after such snow and
ice shall fall or be formed thereon.
[Amended 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 1463-89]
In the event that any owner or tenant shall
fail to remove snow and ice as hereinbefore required, the Director
of Public Works of said township shall cause the same to be removed,
and the cost of such removal shall be certified by him to the Township
Council, which shall examine such certification and, if the same is
found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such
abutting real estate, and the amount so charged shall thereupon become
a lien and tax upon such real estate and shall be added to and be
part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon, and the
same shall be enforced and collected, with interest, by the same officers
and in the same manner as other taxes.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes a natural person and, where appropriate in the context,
copartnership and corporation and any number of them.
