[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 86:72 as Sec. 3-12 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-14-2002 by Ord. No. 2002:13; 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005:31; 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:73]
The owner, tenant or occupant
of any lands abutting upon the public streets of the Township shall
remove all snow and ice from abutting sidewalks and fire hydrants,
and the owner or tenant or occupant of property containing handicapped
parking spaces shall remove all snow and ice from the handicapped
parking spaces within 24 hours after the inclement weather has ended.
[Amended 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005:31; 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:73]
The owner of any garden
apartment in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks,
fire hydrants, roadways and parking areas of such garden apartment
complex within 24 hours after the inclement weather has ended.
[Amended 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005:31; 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:73]
In the event that ice forms on sidewalks, then salt, sand or other material approved by the Township Engineer shall be placed on the ice-covered sidewalks within 24 hours after the inclement weather has ended; it shall be the obligation of those charged under §§ 346-1 and 346-2 to remove the ice as may be reasonable under the circumstances.
[Amended 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005:31]
No person, firm, corporation, owner, tenant
or occupant of any premises abutting on any street shall throw, place
or deposit any snow or ice into or upon any sidewalk or street in
the Township. It is the intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit
all persons from throwing, casting, placing, plowing or depositing
snow and ice, which accumulates on private property, upon the sidewalks
or streets of the Township.
Upon the failure of the owner or tenant to remove
or provide for the removal of such snow and ice, the Township may
remove the same, and the cost thereof shall be chargeable and assessable
against the lands abutting upon the public highways in the Township
or such garden apartment complex from which the snow and ice is removed
as follows:
A.
The officer or employee of the Township in charge
of the removal thereof shall certify the cost thereof to the Township
Council.
B.
The Township Council shall examine such certificate
and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against
such lands after affording the owner a reasonable opportunity to appear
before the Council or its designated agent.
C.
The amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien
and a 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.
[Added 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 2008:34]
The Police Department and/or Housing Department
shall be charged with the enforcement of this chapter.
[Added 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:73]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided herein, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in § 1-17 of the Township Code.
