[Adopted 7-6-1905 by Ord. No. 136 (Ch. 21, Part 1, of the
1988 Code of Ordinances)]
The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Clifton Heights
does hereby enact and ordain that if any person or corporation permits
the paved or other gutter in the street opposite their property in
front of or connected with and belonging to him or their premises
to become obstructed with rails, ties, dirt or any other matter or
permits the same to accumulate so as to interfere with the easy passage
of water through and over the same, or maintains and constructs a
bridgeway leading over the same into the street, that the same be
and is hereby declared to be unlawful and a nuisance.
[Amended 8-15-1988 by Ord. No. 682; 9-19-1988 by Ord. No. 681]
If any person or corporation permits the obstruction of bridgeways
above-mentioned opposite their property as aforesaid and refuses or
neglects to remove said obstruction or bridgeways after notice shall
have been given to them in writing by the said Borough or its proper
officers to abate said nuisance within 48 hours after receiving said
notice, then the said person or corporation so offending and neglecting
or refusing to remove the same shall be liable, upon conviction thereof
upon complaint of any officer of the Borough, 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. Every
day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
