It shall be the duty of the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of any premises abutting or bordering upon any street, avenue or highway in the Borough of Hawthorne having a public sidewalk to remove or cause to be removed all ice and snow from the public sidewalk in front of said premises within eight hours of daylight after the same shall have been formed thereon. No snow or ice may be removed from the sidewalk into the street, avenue or highway.
A. 
In case any such owner or occupant of any premises abutting or bordering on any street, avenue or highway in the Borough of Hawthorne shall fail to remove such ice and snow from such sidewalks as provided in this article, the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, Parks and Recreation or such other officer of the Borough as the Municipal Council may have designated may cause said ice and snow to be removed from said sidewalk by Borough employees or contractors, and the cost and expense incurred or paid for such removal shall be certified by the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, Parks and Recreation and submitted to the Municipal Council of the Borough of Hawthorne, and, upon approval of said amount by the Municipal Council, the same shall be certified to the Tax Collector and shall thereupon become and be a lien upon said premises as of the date of such certification by the Municipal Council and shall be added to, recorded and collected with and in the same manner as real estate taxes assessed and levied upon said premises.
B. 
The cost and expense of removal of such ice and snow provided for in this section shall be separate and distinct from any fines and court costs which may be imposed and collected under this article.