Whenever a liaison of Buildings and Grounds of the Township certifies to the governing body that any sidewalks and curbs are in need of construction, repair, alteration, relaying or maintaining, the expense of said construction, repairing, altering, relaying or maintaining, shall be borne by the landowners abutting the improvement.
The Mayor and Township Committee upon receipt of the certification set forth in § 57-16 shall determine the necessity of said improvement, and, if it deems that said improvement is necessary, it shall, by resolution, cause a notice, in writing, to be served upon said abutting owners or occupants of said lands, requiring the necessary work to said curb, sidewalk or both to be done by said owner or occupant within a period of not less than thirty (30) days from the date of service of such notice. All such work shall be done in accordance with plans, specifications and grades approved by the Township Engineer.
Whenever any said abutting lands are unoccupied and the owner cannot be found within the municipality, the same may be mailed, postage prepaid, to his or her post office address, if the same can be ascertained. In the event that such owner is a nonresident of the municipality, or his or her post office address cannot be ascertained, then the notice may be inserted for four (4) weeks, once a week, in the official newspaper of the Township.
In the event that the owner or occupant of such abutting lands shall not comply with the requirements of said notice, it shall be lawful for the Township, upon filing due proof of the service of publication of the aforesaid notice in the appropriate department of the municipality, to cause the work required to be done and paid for out of municipal funds available for that purpose. The cost of such work shall be certified by the Commissioner of Buildings and Grounds to the Tax Collector. Upon filing said certificate of costs, the amount of the cost of such work shall be and become a lien upon the said abutting lands in front of which such work was done to the same extent that assessments for local improvements are liens in the municipality and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of such other assessments and shall bear interest at the same rate. In addition thereto, the Township may commence, in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, an action against the owner of said lands to recover said amount.
A. 
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner or tenant to maintain the sidewalk in a clean and safe condition. The sidewalk shall be kept clear of all litter and other debris.
B. 
The owner and/or tenant of any lands abutting upon the public streets falling within the C4 Downtown Commercial Zone, as shown on the Zoning Map of the Township of Plumsted, shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks and gutters of such streets within twelve (12) hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon and shall not permit such sidewalk and/or gutter area to become unsafe to walk upon.
C. 
In the event that the owner and/or tenant of any lands as set forth in § 57-20B shall fail to comply with that section, the Township of Plumsted shall provide for the removal of such snow and ice. The cost of removal of any such snow and ice shall be certified to the Township Committee, § 57-20C by the Superintendent of Public Works. The Township shall examine such certificates and if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting upon such sidewalk or gutter thereof, and the amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon such real estate and be added to and be part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon and enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes. For each violation of this section, there shall be imposed a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
D. 
No person shall permit the discharge of water onto any public street or sidewalk within the Township of Plumsted in such a manner so as to create a public safety threat or hazard to pedestrians and motorists. Violators shall be subject to fines and penalties as set forth in § 57-13 of this chapter.
(Ord. #97-03)