[Adopted 12-5-1972 byOrd. No. 6-72]
The owners and occupants of premises abutting
and bordering upon any street, avenue or highway in this Borough shall
remove all ice and snow from the sidewalks of any such street, avenue
or highway abutting or bordering their premises within 24 hours after
the same shall have fallen or be formed thereon.
The owners and occupants of premises abutting
or bordering upon any street, avenue or highway in the Borough shall
remove all grass, weeds and impediments from the sidewalk of any street,
avenue or highway abutting on such premises within three days after
notice in writing to remove the same has been delivered to them by
a police officer or constable of said Borough. In case such snow,
ice, grass, weeds or other impediments shall not be removed by the
owners and occupants in accordance with the provisions heretofore
set forth, the same may be removed by or under the directions of the
Chief of Police of this Borough, and the cost thereof shall be certified
by said Chief of Police to the Mayor and Council of this Borough,
and upon examination by said Mayor and Council of such certificate,
if found to be correct, it shall, by resolution, cause such cost to
be charged against the premises for whose benefit such removal is
made, which cost shall be a lien and tax upon such premises and which
shall be added to and be a part of the taxes next to be levied and
assessed thereon, and enforced and collected with interest in the
same manner as other taxes are levied, assessed, enforced and collected
against real property.
[Amended 9-21-1992 by Ord. No. 4-92]
For any and every violation of the provisions
of this article, the owners and occupants, either as individuals,
partners or corporations, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
$1,000 or to 90 days imprisonment in the county jail, or both, in
the discretion of the court or jurisdictional officer before whom
the case may be heard. Each and every day such violation continues
shall be considered as a separate and specific violation of this article,
and the penalties herein prescribed shall apply to each separate and
specific offense.
The imposition and collection of fines and the terms of imprisonment imposed by this article shall not bar the right of this Borough to collect the cost of removal of snow, ice, grass, weeds and other impediments in the manner herein authorized under § 147-23. The remedies provided in §§ 147-23 and 147-24 of this article shall be considered cumulative.
