[Adopted 5-13-1974 by Ord. No. 540 (Ch. 21, Part 4, of the
1995 Code)]
The owner, occupant or tenant of every property fronting upon
or located alongside any street in the Borough of Zelienople is hereby
required to remove or cause to be removed from all the sidewalks abutting
upon such property, all snow or ice thereon fallen or formed, within
24 hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or to have formed,
provided that the snow and ice removed from the sidewalk shall not
be dumped or piled onto any public street or alley to the extent that
it interferes with vehicular traffic; provided, further, the owner
of a property shall be responsible for conforming to the requirements
of this section where such property is occupied by such owner, is
vacant or unoccupied, or consists of more than one tenanted or tenantable
unit; the occupier or tenant shall be responsible therefor where such
property consists of a single unit, occupied by such tenant or occupier
only.
A.
No person shall remove snow from private or commercial property and
place such snow onto Borough streets or state roads.
[Added 4-28-2008 by Ord. No. 786-08]
B.
Snow removal contractors shall not plow, shovel, blow, etc., snow
onto Borough streets or state roads when removing snow from parking
lots, driveways, sidewalks, etc.
[Added 4-28-2008 by Ord. No. 786-08]
In any case where the owner, occupant or tenant, as aforesaid, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of § 232-1 within the time limit prescribed therein, the Borough authorities may proceed immediately to clear all snow and/or ice from the sidewalk of such delinquent and to collect the expense thereof, with any additional amount allowed by law, from such owner, occupant or tenant, as the case may be, which may be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed under § 232-3.
[Amended 12-11-1995 by Ord. No. 715]
An owner, occupant or tenant who shall fail to remove any snow or ice from any sidewalk as required by § 232-1 shall be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Such fine and costs of prosecution may be in addition to any expenses and additional amounts authorized by law, imposed as provided in § 232-2.
