Township of Bloomfield, NJ
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2023-12-11
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 497 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article III Removal of Snow, Ice and Other Impediments
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 10 Court
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Domestic Violence Team
- Ch 26 Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Fire Department
- Ch 42 Funds
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 63A Cell Phone, Audiotape Recorder and Camera Use During Open Public Meetings
- Ch 64 Parking Utility
- Ch 68 Parking Violations Officer
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 88 Residency Requirements
- Ch 93 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 99 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 112 Affordable Housing
- Ch 116 Alarm Systems
- Ch 122 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 128 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 134 Animals
- Ch 134A Animal Shelter Advisory Committee
- Ch 144 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 Building Construction
- Ch 149A (Reserved)
- Ch 155 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 159 Business Hours
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 169 Checks, Returned
- Ch 175 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 185 (Reserved)
- Ch 192 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 201 (Reserved)
- Ch 206 Dumpsters
- Ch 211 (Reserved)
- Ch 217 Fees
- Ch 222 Fiber-Optic Cables
- Ch 228 Filming
- Ch 233 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 239 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 245 Fireworks
- Ch 250 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 254 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 264 (Reserved)
- Ch 270 Games of Chance
- Ch 279 Gasoline Stations and Repair Garages
- Ch 285 Graffiti
- Ch 290 Handbills and Advertising
- Ch 296 Hazardous Chemicals
- Ch 302 Historic Districts
- Ch 307 Housing Standards
- Ch 313 Junk Dealers
- Ch 315 Land Development and Zoning
- Ch 318 (Reserved)
- Ch 319 Lead-Based Paint Inspection
- Ch 334 Library
- Ch 339 Licensing
- Ch 345 Light Pollution
- Ch 353 (Reserved)
- Ch 358 Monuments
- Ch 363 Motor Vehicle Sales
- Ch 374 Newsracks
- Ch 380 Noise
- Ch 387 Parking for Handicapped
- Ch 393 Parking, Off-Street and Permit
- Ch 399 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 404 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 408 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 413 Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 417 Precious Metals, Gems, Other Metals, Gift Cards, and Secondhand Goods
- Ch 423 Property Maintenance
- Ch 427 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 430 Properties, Abandoned/Vacant
- Ch 431 Rental Property Registration
- Ch 432 Rental Property Good Neighbor Act
- Ch 433 Rental Property, Short-Term
- Ch 435 Rent Control
- Ch 443 Sales, Special
- Ch 448 School Enrollment
- Ch 454 Sewers
- Ch 460 (Reserved)
- Ch 463 Sick Leave for Private Employees
- Ch 466 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 478 Smoking
- Ch 484 Soil Removal
- Ch 491 Solid Waste
- Ch 494 Stormwater Control
- Ch 497 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 497 Art III Removal of Snow, Ice and Other Impediments
- § 497-8 Time limit for removal; deposit onto streets prohibited.
- § 497-9 Time limit for removal; removal of grass, weeds and impediments.
- § 497-10 Garden and high-rise apartments.
- § 497-11 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 508 Swimming Pools
- Ch 514 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 520 Taxation
- Ch 526 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 535 Trees
- Ch 540 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 556 Water
- Ch 562 Weapons
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 575 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 578 Administration
- Ch 582 (Reserved)
- Ch 586 Animals
- Ch 591 Barbershops, Hairstyling, Cosmetology and Nail Salons
- Ch 596 (Reserved)
- Ch 601 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 607 Child-Care Centers
- Ch 611 Environmental Quality Assurance
- Ch 613 Food Establishments
- Ch 618 Food Handling
- Ch 621 Heating Requirements
- Ch 624 Licensing
- Ch 630 Massage and Bodywork Establishments
- Ch 635 Noise
- Ch 640 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 646 (Reserved)
- Ch 652 Sanitation
- Ch 664 Swimming Pools, Public
- Ch 670 Tanning Salons
- Ch 675 Vending Machines
- Appendix
- Ch A680 Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch A681 Cable Television
- Ch A682 Civil Rights Policy
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-19-1962 as Secs. 26-8 through 26-10.1 of the
1962 Code (Ch. 230, Art. III, of the 1987 Code)]
[Amended 2-2-1970; 11-7-1994]
A.
The owner or tenant of lands abutting or bordering
upon public sidewalks of the Township shall remove all snow and ice
from the sidewalks in front of or bordering on their lands within
12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
B.
The owner or tenant of lands abutting or bordering
upon public streets shall not shovel, move or transport snow or ice
from driveways or sidewalks and deposit same onto the street.
C.
Drivers of motorized vehicles who park said vehicles
on any public street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice
from the vehicle and its parking space within 48 hours of daylight
after the same shall fall or be formed thereon. This snow and ice
may not be moved to another location on a public street or a public
sidewalk.
[Added 11-16-1998]
The owner or tenant of lands shall be responsible
for the removal of all grass, weeds and impediments from that portion
of the right-of-way of the Township of Bloomfield lying between the
curb and sidewalk in front of, abutting or bordering on their lands
within three days after notification by the Township or with a reasonable
time due to inclement weather.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 230-9, Removal
by Township; liens, was repealed 10-18-1993.
[Added 2-2-1970]
The owner of any garden apartment and the owner
of any high-rise apartment in the Township shall remove all snow and
ice from the sidewalks, roadways (with dedicated and accepted public
roadways of the town excepted), parking areas, walks from the sidewalks
to the entrances of the structures on the premises, walks and stairways
to basements, storage areas and refuse storage areas of such garden
apartments and high-rise apartment complexes within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
[Amended 11-2-1987; 10-18-1993; 5-5-2008 by Ord. No. 08-18]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided by § 1-15, General penalty, of this Code.
