[Adopted 5-15-1972 (Sec. 6-6 of the Revised General Ordinances)]
[Amended 12-19-1983 by Ord. No. 34-83; 8-17-2009 by Ord. No. 20-09]
The owner, occupant or tenant of any premises,
whether residential or nonresidential, included within the shaded
area shown on Schedule A[1] of this article shall promote public safety by removing
snow and ice from the full width and length of all abutting sidewalks
and at the intersection of two or more sidewalks constituting a corner
and/or a crosswalk, from the sidewalk to the plowed section of the
roadway, within 24 hours after the same falls or is formed thereon,
provided that the Township Administrator is authorized to suspend
this requirement or extend the period of removal when, in his/her
opinion, unusual and extreme conditions warrant such action. Ice which
is so frozen as to make removal impractical may be thoroughly covered
with sand, ashes or similar material.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A, Map of Snow and Ice Removal Areas is included at the end of this chapter.
[Amended 8-17-2009 by Ord. No. 20-09]
No owner, tenant, occupant or agent of an owner,
tenant, or occupant shall throw, place or deposit snow or ice onto
any sidewalk or into any street, it being the intent and purpose of
this provision to prohibit all such persons from throwing, casting,
plowing or depositing snow and ice which accumulates on private property
upon sidewalks or streets of the Township.
[Amended 8-17-2009 by Ord. No. 20-09]
In case such snow or ice is not removed from
the sidewalks or is cast or deposited thereon or placed upon the sidewalks
or the street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises or
his/her agent as hereinabove provided, the same shall be removed under
the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works, and the cost
of removal, as nearly as can be ascertained, shall be certified by
the Superintendent of Public Works to the Director of Finance. The
Township Committee shall examine the certification and, if found to
be correct, shall cause the cost to be charged against the real estate
abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks, and the amount so charged
shall forthwith become a lien and a tax in the same manner as the
taxes next to be levied and assessed upon the premises and shall bear
interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in
the same manner as other taxes. The imposition of and collection of
a fine or other penalty for violation of any of the provisions of
this article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township
to collect the cost, as certified, for the removal of snow or ice
in the manner herein authorized.
[Amended 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 21-94]
No owner or operator of premises having parking
spaces reserved for handicapped drivers and no tenant, contractor
or other person may block access to such parking stalls reserved for
handicapped drivers by the plowing, piling or placement of snow or
ice in such spaces.
