[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hazlet as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 555-82 as
Sec. 6-5 of the 1982 Revised General Ordinances (Ch. 277, Art. I,
of the 1993 Code)]
Any owner or tenant of lands or premises abutting
or bordering on any public street in the Township shall remove all
snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks of such streets or, in the
case of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable,
cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand or ashes, within
12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
No person, nor the owner, tenant or occupant
of any premises abutting on any street, shall throw, place or deposit
any snow or ice into or upon any street in the Township, it being
the intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all persons from
throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow and ice, which accumulated
within the private property belonging to the person, upon the sidewalks
or streets of the Township.
In case such snow or ice shall not be removed
from such sidewalks or shall be cast, deposited thereon or placed
upon the sidewalks or street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any
premises, the same shall be removed under the direction of the Department
of Public Works, and the cost of such removal, as nearly as can be
ascertained, shall be certified to the Township Committee. The Township
Committee shall examine such certification and, if found to be correct,
shall cause such cost to be charged against the real estate so abutting
or bordering upon the sidewalks or street and the amount so charged
shall become a lien and a tax upon the real estate or land and be
added to, recorded and collected 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 and collection of a fine imposed
by 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.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 923-93]
For violation of any provision of this article, the maximum penalty, upon conviction, shall not exceed the maximum penalties set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III. Each and every violation of any provision of this article shall be considered a separate violation and shall subject the person so charged to the maximum penalty.
[Adopted 3-21-1995 by Ord. No. 978-95 (Ch.
277, Art. II, of the 1993 Code)]
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, hiring or placement of snow or
ice in such spaces.
Any owner, operator or tenant who violates this article shall be asked to remove the snow or shall be billed for the cost of snow removal by the Township. This does not preclude any additional fines which may be assessed pursuant to the codified ordinances of the Township in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III.
