[Adopted by Ord. No. 60-64 (Sec. 13-5 of the 1987 Revised General Ordinances)]
[Amended 3-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-5; 2-13-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-03]
Any owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant or tenants,
building superintendent, rental agent or person in charge of premises
abutting or bordering upon any public street in the Borough shall
remove all snow, slush 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, shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with
sand or salt, within 24 hours of daylight after the same shall fall
or be formed thereon. Removal of any snow, slush or ice should be
conducted along the full paved width of the sidewalk and in a manner
that ensures the orderly flow and safety of pedestrian traffic upon
such sidewalk. Removal of any slush, snow or ice shall be conducted
in a manner that clears the full paved sidewalk or a minimum of 42
inches wide, including removal of snow, slush and ice from all curb
cuts, intersections, crosswalks, handicapped ramps and sidewalk locations.
When removing snow, slush, or ice from any driveway, parking area,
sidewalk area, or any portion of privately owned property, it shall
be unlawful for the owner, occupant, tenant, building superintendent,
contractor, rental agent or person in charge of such property to cause
the depositing of snow, slush, or ice upon any street, sidewalk, or
other public thoroughfare.
[Amended 9-28-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-19]
In addition to the provision for penalties herein made for violations of this article, and in case such snow or ice shall not be removed from such sidewalks by the owner or owners, tenant or tenants, occupant or occupants, building superintendent, rental agent or person in charge of any premises as provided in § 608-9 of this article, the same shall be removed forthwith and under the direction of the Director of Public Utilities, and the cost of such removal as nearly as can be ascertained shall be certified by the Director of Public Utilities to the governing body. The governing body shall examine such certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting or bordering upon such sidewalk or street and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax upon such 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 such premises and shall bear interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.
