Borough of Marcus Hook, PA
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2023-12-04
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 175 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article II Snow and Ice Removal
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditor
- Ch 10 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 14 Emergency Operations Plan
- Ch 15 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 15A Fire Department
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Historical Commission
- Ch 19 Library, Public
- Ch 24 Manager
- Ch 31 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 34 Planning Commission
- Ch 37 Police Department
- Ch 40 Purchasing
- Ch 45 Recreation and Park Board
- Ch 48 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 51 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 53 Smoking
- Ch 54 Social Security
- Ch 57 Vacant Property Review Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 62 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 64 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 67 Amusements, Licensing of
- Ch 70 Billboards and Advertising Structures
- Ch 73 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 76 Building Construction
- Ch 78 Open Burning and Air Pollution Control
- Ch 80 Carnivals
- Ch 82 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 82A Claims, Municipal
- Ch 83 Curfew
- Ch 84 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 88 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 90 Dumpsters and Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 93 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 94 Fire Insurance Escrow
- Ch 96 Fire Prevention
- Ch 97 Fireworks
- Ch 99 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 102 Food Establishments
- Ch 106 Garbage and Rubbish
- Ch 111 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 116 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
- Ch 121 Littering
- Ch 124 Loitering
- Ch 129 Massage Parlors
- Ch 132 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 135 Multiple Dwellings; Rooming Houses; Rental Units
- Ch 142 Numbering System: Properties and Premises
- Ch 145 Parades
- Ch 148 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 151 Parks
- Ch 154 Plumbing
- Ch 157 Property Maintenance
- Ch 158 Radio Antennas and Electrical Disturbances
- Ch 160 Records
- Ch 162 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 165 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 167 Sewers
- Ch 169 Skateboards, Scooters and Rollerblades
- Ch 172 Solid Waste
- Ch 174 Stormwater Management
- Ch 175 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 175 Art II Snow and Ice Removal
- § 175-12 Time for removal.
- § 175-13 Removal by owners or occupants.
- § 175-14 Removal by Borough; costs.
- § 175-15 Violations of penalties.
- Ch 178 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 180 Taxation
- Ch 182 Telephone Services
- Ch 185 Vector Control
- Ch 188 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 191 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 193 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 196 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A199 Cable Franchise Agreements
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-3-1961 by Ord. No. 619, approved 4-3-1961]
It shall be unlawful and shall be a nuisance
to permit snow to remain on any sidewalk or walkways in the Borough
of Marcus Hook for a period of 24 hours after the snow has ceased
to fall.
All owners and/or occupiers of any lot or building
and lot abutting any street or lane in the Borough of Marcus Hook
shall remove from the sidewalk or walkway in front of said premises
all snow, ice, slush or any remains whatsoever of snow or sleet within
24 hours after the same has ceased to fall.
In any and all cases were the owners and/or
occupiers as aforesaid shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with
any provisions of this article within 24 hours after snow has ceased
to fall, then the Borough authorities may proceed without further
notice immediately to clear all snow and/or ice and slush from the
sidewalk of such properties and to collect the expenses thereof, with
any additional amount allowed by law, from such owner and/or occupier,
as the case may be, which may be in addition to any fine or penalty
imposed under this article.
[Amended 9-6-1988 by Ord. No. O-88-5,
approved 9-6-1988]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable for each
offense by a fine of up to the maximum amount provided from time to
time by state statute.
