[Amended 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658; 4-19-2021 by Ord. No. 752]
The owner or owners, or tenant or tenants, of lands abutting
or bordering upon a sidewalk in a public street, avenue, highway or
public place shall be responsible for the removal of all snow and
ice from such sidewalk or applying ice-melting compounds within 24
hours after the same shall be formed or fall thereon. In addition
to the following responsibility, any owner or tenant of lands abutting
a municipal fire hydrant shall be required to remove all snow and
ice accumulation within a three-foot radius of such fire hydrant,
providing that such hydrant shall be readily visible to emergency
services all for the benefit of the health, safety and welfare of
Harrington Park residents.
In addition to all other remedies, failure to police/clear snow
around fire hydrants shall constitute an ordinance violation, penalties
to be assessed by the Municipal Court of not less than $100 nor more
than $500 for each day of continued violation, such violation to be
issued by the Building Department.
The owner or owners, or tenant or tenants, of
lands abutting or bordering upon the sidewalk area of a public street,
avenue, highway or public place shall be responsible for such sidewalk
area. All grass and weeds shall be cut to a height of less than four
inches from the ground.
In case the owner or owners, or tenant or tenants,
of lands abutting or bordering upon a sidewalk or a sidewalk area
in a public street, avenue, highway or public place shall refuse or
neglect to remove all snow and ice from such sidewalk within 24 hours
after the same shall be formed or fall thereon, or shall refuse or
neglect to remove all grass and weeds and other impediments from such
sidewalk area within three days after notice served upon any of them
by the Borough, the Superintendent may cause such work to be done
under his direction, and he shall certify the cost thereof to the
Council. The cost of such removal as certified by the Superintendent,
if found correct by the Council, shall forthwith become a lien upon
the lands abutting or bordering any such sidewalks and gutter and
shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to
be assessed and levied upon such lands and shall bear the same interest
as taxes.
The Mayor and Council shall, upon receiving
a certificate of cost as aforesaid from the Superintendent, examine
the same and, if found correct, shall adopt a resolution to that effect,
directing that a certified copy thereof be delivered to the Collector
of Taxes, who shall thereupon collect such charges at the time of
collection of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands
and as a part thereof.
