A.
All property owners, tenants or occupants of lands adjacent to or
abutting a sidewalk within the Borough of Chatham shall remove all
snow and ice from the sidewalks in front of and, if a corner lot,
alongside of their premises and including corner crosswalks, within
the first 12 hours of daylight after same shall fall or be formed
thereon, so as to effect a pathway or walkway having a width of not
less than four feet, 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, ashes, sawdust or other suitable material within
12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
B.
In cases where a building is occupied by more than one family or
multiple tenants, the property owner, tenants and occupants thereof
are jointly and severally responsible for the removal of snow and
ice as herein provided.
A.
No person shall place or cause to be placed any snow or ice upon
any sidewalk, paved path or public place within the Borough in any
manner so as to interfere with public travel or to obstruct the access
to or the operation of any fire hydrant.
B.
No person shall place or cause to be placed any snow or ice upon
any sidewalk, paved path or public place within the Borough in such
a manner to interfere with, or detract from the plowing or shoveling
of said sidewalk, paved path or public place.
A.
In the event of the refusal or neglect of any property owner, tenant
or occupant to comply with any of the provisions of this article within
the time limit stated therein, the Director of Public Works may cause
the snow or ice to be removed from such sidewalks. The cost of removal,
as clearly as can be ascertained, shall be certified by the Director
of Public Works to the Borough Council. The Borough Council shall
examine such certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause
such cost to be certified to the Tax Collector and charged against
such real estate so abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks, 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 way and 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.
B.
For the purpose of this chapter, each twenty-four-hour period following
a snowfall or formation of ice shall constitute a separate offense
for which prosecution shall be brought.
C.
The imposition and collection of a fine imposed for a violation of
this article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Borough
to collect the cost as certified for the removal of such snow and
ice in the manner herein authorized.
