[Adopted 4-15-1980 by Ord. No. 80-12 as
Art. III of Ch. 192 of the 1979 Code; amended in its entirety 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-003]
A.
Every
owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, or other person having charge of
any building, lot of ground or premises in the Township abutting or
bordering upon any public street in the Township shall remove or cause
to be removed all snow, slush and/or ice from the abutting sidewalks
of any such street within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall
fall or be formed thereon or, in the case of ice which may be so frozen
to the sidewalks as to make removal impracticable, shall cause the
same to be thoroughly covered with sand, rock salt or similar material
within the same period.
B.
For the
purposes of this section, “sidewalk” shall also include
that portion of the walkway extending to the roadway pavement that
by means of a curb, ramp or incline provides access to crosswalks
and/or intersections.
A.
Requirements
for snow. Removal of any slush and/or loose, granular, or packed snow
should be conducted along the full paved width, or a minimum of 48
inches wide, of such sidewalks and in a manner that ensures the orderly
flow and safety of pedestrian traffic upon such sidewalks.
B.
Requirements
for ice. Removal of any ice should be conducted along the full paved
width, or a minimum of 48 inches wide, of such sidewalks and in a
manner that ensures the orderly flow and safety of pedestrian traffic
upon such sidewalks. In the event of ice that may be so frozen as
to make removal impracticable any owner, lessee, tenant, occupant
or other person shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection
if such ice is made level and completely covered with sand, sawdust,
rock salt, or other appropriate traction-producing material to prevent
slipping and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit,
thoroughly clean such sidewalks.
C.
Any property
whose sidewalk leads to a crosswalk shall remove snow, slush and/or
ice so as to give clear path of access to the crosswalk.
No owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person, having charge
of any building or lot of ground in the Township abutting on any street,
shall throw, place or deposit any snow, slush and/or ice into or upon
any street, or against a fire hydrant or on the loading or unloading
areas of any public transportation systems in the Township, except
such as falls upon or is formed upon that portion of the property
so abutting said street lying within the sidewalk lines thereof. No
snow or ice may be deposited on the land of another owner, tenant,
or occupant unless said owner, tenant, or occupant has agreed to accept
same. No person shall authorize or permit removal of snow, slush and/or
ice and its depositing upon any street, or against a fire hydrant
or on the loading or unloading areas of a public transportation system
in the Township. It is the intent and purpose of this section to prohibit
all persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow and
ice which accumulated within the private property belonging to said
persons upon the sidewalks or streets of the Township.
In any case in which snow, slush and/or ice shall not be removed from any sidewalk as required in § 297-31, or shall be cast, deposited, thrown or placed upon any sidewalk or street in violation of § 297-33, such snow, slush and/or ice shall be removed by and under the direction of the Township Manager or his designee. The cost thereof shall be certified by the Township Engineer to the governing body, which shall examine such certificate of cost and, if it finds said certificate to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against the real estate abutting upon such sidewalks. The amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon said real estate and be added to and be a 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. The imposition and collection of any penalty imposed by the provisions of § 297-34 shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township to collect such assessment of costs as certified for the removal of said snow, slush and/or ice in the manner herein authorized.
A.
Any
owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person who violates any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
according to the following schedule:
B.
Each
day on which a violation of this article exists shall be considered
a separate and distinct violation and shall be subject to imposition
of a separate penalty for each day of the violation as the Municipal
Court Judge may determine.
