[Adopted 10-30-1973 as § 6-5 of
the 1973 Code]
A.
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting or bordering on
any street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the
abutting sidewalks, fire hydrants and cisterns of such street or the
abutting right-of-way actually used by the public, or in the event
of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impractical shall
cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand or ashes or other
appropriate chemical, within 12 hours of daylight after the same falls
or is formed thereon.
[Amended 2-23-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
B.
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises used by
the public or business invitees shall remove all snow and ice from
the sidewalks, streets, rights-of-way and parking areas used by the
public in the transaction of business thereat, and in the event of
ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impractical shall cause
the same to be thoroughly covered with sand or ashes or other appropriate
chemical, within 12 hours of daylight after the same falls or is formed
thereon.
No owner, tenant or occupant of any premises
abutting on any street shall throw, place or deposit snow or ice into
or on any street, it being the intent and purpose of this provision
to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing
snow and ice which accumulates within the private property belonging
to that person on the sidewalks or streets of the Township.
A.
If such snow or ice is not removed from such sidewalks, fire hydrants
and cisterns or is cast or deposited thereon or placed upon the sidewalks
or the street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises as
hereinabove provided, the same shall be removed under the direction
of the Department of Public Works, and the cost of removal as nearly
as can be ascertained shall be certified by the Department of Public
Works to the Financial Officer of the Township.
[Amended 2-23-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
B.
The Township Committee shall examine the certification and if found
to be correct shall use the cost to be charged against the real estate
abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks, fire hydrants and cisterns,
and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax
in the same manner as the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon
the premises and shall bear interest and be enforced and collected
by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.
[Amended 2-23-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
C.
The imposition and collection of a fine or other penalty
for violation of any of the provisions of this section shall not constitute
any bar to the right of the Township to collect the cost, as certified,
for the removal of snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
