[Ord. 469, 5/9/2001, § 501]
The owner of property abutting a public right-of-way shall be
responsible to maintain all curbs, sidewalks, grass areas, trees and
other features abutting the owner's property and located between the
property line and the cartway of the public right-of-way. The obligations
of a property owner under this part shall include, but not be limited
to, the following: repairs to concrete or macadam curbs and sidewalks,
periodic cutting of grass, removal of ice and snow, and pruning of
trees and other vegetation. The property owner shall not be responsible
for the maintenance of public structures such as traffic and street
signs, streetlights and fire hydrants, unless damage to those structures
has been caused by the deliberate or negligent acts of the property
owners.
[Ord. 469, 5/9/2001, § 502]
The Township, after 30 days' notice to a property owner specifying
work which is required to be done, may, but shall not be required
to, perform the work and may charge the property owner for the cost
of doing it. The cost of the work shall be a lien against the abutting
property, which shall be filed and collected in the manner prescribed
by law.
[Ord. 469, 5/9/2001, § 505; as amended by Ord.
532, 9/10/2008]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this part continues or each section of this part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
