[Adopted 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-6]
Owners of every property fronting upon or alongside of any of
the streets in the Borough are required to:
A.
Remove or cause to be removed from all of the sidewalks in front
of or alongside of said property all snow and ice thereon fallen or
formed within 24 hours after snow and ice shall have ceased to fall
or to be formed; or
B.
If the ice on a sidewalk is so thick that it cannot be removed without
damaging the sidewalk, then, within 24 hours after the ice has formed,
to spread enough sand or other anti-slip material on the sidewalk
to make pedestrian use reasonably safe and to spread enough deicing
agent on the sidewalk as will hasten the breaking or splitting of
the ice so that it can be removed from the sidewalk as soon as possible.
A.
No person shall deposit, discharge, mound, throw or place any snow
or ice:
A.
In any case where the owner, as aforesaid, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of § 212-39 within the time limit prescribed therein, the condition shall be deemed by the Borough to constitute a public nuisance, and the Borough Manager may direct the Borough work force (or an independent contractor retained by the Borough) to correct the nuisance.
[Amended 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-3]
A.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to remove snow or ice from any sidewalk, as required by § 212-39, shall be issued a ticket for violation by the Borough Codes Officer, as set forth in § 212-42, with penalty costs as follows:
(1)
Of not less than $25 in the event snow or ice is not removed within
24 hours;
(2)
Of not less than $50 in the event snow or ice is not removed within
48 hours;
(3)
Of not less than $75 in the event snow or ice is not removed within
72 hours; and
(4)
Of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 in the event snow or ice
is not removed within 96 hours.
B.
An owner who does not pay the penalty cost set forth in Subsection A within the seven-day period set forth in § 212-42B shall be subject to prosecution and, upon conviction, to payment of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 plus the amount of any unpaid violation tickets issued pursuant to Subsection A of this section, plus the costs of prosecution.
[Amended 12-27-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-7]
C.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall deposit snow and/or ice in a traffic lane of a Borough street as prohibited by § 212-40, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $75 nor more than $1,000.
D.
Each day that a violation of this article continues or each section
of this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Amended 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-3]
A.
In enforcing and administering § 212-39, it shall be the duty of the Codes Enforcement Officer of the Borough to report to the Codes Enforcement Office:
B.
In addition to the report to be made under Subsection A, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall place on the front entrance door a ticket containing:
(2)
A notice substantially to the effect that the owner and/or occupant of the property may, within seven days after the date noted on the ticket, pay at the Lewistown Municipal Building the penalty cost for the violation referred to in § 212-41; and
(3)
A warning substantially to the effect that if the penalty is not paid within the seven-day period after the date noted on the ticket, a summons will be issued by a Magisterial District Judge and upon conviction a fine of not less than $300, plus the amount of any unpaid violation tickets issued pursuant to § 212-41A, will be imposed and costs of prosecution added.
