[Adopted 6-14-1979 by Ord. No. 799 (Ch. 21, Part 2, of the
1989 Code)]
It is the policy of the Borough of Wilmerding to protect the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens using the sidewalks of
the Borough. To guard the safety of all citizens using the public
sidewalks, the following regulations and penalties are adopted. This
policy shall apply to all sidewalks presently situated in the Borough
and any sidewalks constructed in the Borough in the future.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this article:
Any day except Sundays and national holidays.
That portion of a street or highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
That portion of a street between the curblines or the lateral
lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the
use of pedestrians.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Every person, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company,
or syndicate in charge or control of any building, structure or lot
of land within the Borough limits fronting or abutting on a paved
sidewalk constructed of concrete, brick, stone or other material,
whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove
and clear away, or cause to be removed and cleared away, all snow,
sleet and ice on said sidewalk as in front of or abuts on said building,
structure, or lot of land within 16 business-day hours after the ceasing
to fall of any snow, sleet or ice or the accumulation of ice caused
by freezing after nightfall or for any reason of nature whatsoever.
[Amended 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 899]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600 and costs or, in default of payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
