[Adopted 4-7-1970 by Ord. No. 5-70 (Ch. 215, Art. II, of the 1990 Code); amended in its entirety 3-9-2021 by Ord. No. 6-2021]
A. 
The owners, occupants, or tenants of premises abutting or bordering any street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks or, if the ice is so frozen that its removal is impracticable, shall cover same with sand, ashes, salt, or other similar substance to reasonably prevent pedestrians from slipping, within 12 hours of daylight after the same falls or is formed.
B. 
If a building is occupied by more than one family or business unit, the tenant or occupant of the first floor or story is responsible for snow and ice removal and treatment pursuant to Subsection A of this section.
C. 
The owners, occupants, or tenants of premises abutting or bordering upon any fire hydrant in the Township shall clear any snow covering or obstructing the hydrant within 12 hours of daylight after the snow coverage. A three-foot round space shall be maintained around the circumference of the fire hydrant, except where otherwise required or approved.
The owners, occupants, or tenants of any premises abutting any street or sidewalk are prohibited from throwing, placing or depositing any snow or ice that accumulated on private property into or upon any Township street or sidewalk.
Owners, occupants or tenants of any business premises shall move or remove any large mounds of snow in their parking lot(s) that obstruct any vehicle or pedestrian site distance triangle.
No owner or operator of premises with parking spaces reserved for handicapped drivers, and no tenant, contractor or other person, may block access to such parking space by the plowing, piling or placing of snow.
If snow or ice is not removed, treated or handled in accordance with §§ 347-11 and 347-12, the same may be removed under the direction of the Chief of Police or any authorized police officer, and the cost of such removal, as nearly as can be ascertained, shall be certified by said Chief of Police or police officer to the governing body. The governing body shall examine such certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be 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. The imposition and collection of a fine or fines imposed by the provision of this article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township of Mount Olive to collect the cost as certified for the removal of said snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
Any person, firm, or corporation that violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one or more of the following: by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.