[Adopted 1-7-1944]
The owner or owners and tenant of any lands
abutting upon the public highways of the Borough of Glen Gardner shall
remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks and gutters of
such highways within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall
or be formed thereon.
The owner or owners and tenant or tenants of
any land abutting upon the public highways of the Borough of Glen
Gardner shall remove all grass, weeds and impediments from the abutting
sidewalks and gutters of such highways and from the portion of any
street or highway abutting on such lands within three days after notice
from the Borough Council to remove the same, which notice may be served
by registered mail.
In case the owner or owners, tenant or tenants
of any lands abutting upon the public highways of the Borough of Glen
Gardner shall fail to provide for the removal of snow, ice, grass,
weeds or impediments, as provided in this article, such snow, ice,
grass, weeds or impediments may be removed by the Borough of Glen
Gardner, and the costs thereof shall be certified to the Mayor and
Council of the Borough of Glen Gardner by the officer or employee
placed in charge of such removal by the Mayor and Council. The Mayor
and Council shall thereupon examine such certificate of the cost of
such removal and, if the same is found correct, shall, by resolution,
cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting
upon such highway, sidewalk or gutter, and the amount so charged shall
thereupon become a lien and tax upon such real estate, and be added
to and be part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon,
and enforced and collected with interest by the same officers in the
same manner as other taxes.
[Amended 3-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-4]
A.
Any violation of the provisions of this article shall
be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term
not to exceed 90 days and/or a period of community service not to
exceed 90 days. Each day that the violation continues to exist shall
constitute a separate offense.
B.
The right to cause the arrest of any person, persons or corporation for the violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed and taken to be a further and additional means of enforcing the same, and the making of a complaint for the violation thereof shall not bar or abridge the right of the Mayor and Council to enforce the provisions of § 143-3 hereof.
