[Adopted 10-9-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context:
Portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
Portion of a street between the curblines or the lateral
lines of a cartway and the adjacent property lines intended for use
by pedestrians.
The entire width between the boundary lines of a way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
The owner of any property and every person in
charge or control of any building or lot of land fronting or abutting
on a paved sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or
otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause to be removed or cleared
away snow and/or ice from a path of at least 36 inches in width from
so much of said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building
or lot of land.
A.Â
Except as provided in Subsection B hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within 48 hours after cessation of snow plowing by Caln Township.
B.Â
In the event snow and/or ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person charged with its removal shall, within the time mentioned in Subsection A hereof, cause enough sand or other abrasive to be put on the sidewalk to make travel reasonably safe; and shall, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause to be cleared a path in said sidewalk of at least 36 inches in width.
Every person in charge or control of any building
or other structure, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or
otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause to be removed and
cleared away any accumulation of snow and ice on said building or
other structure which is liable to fall on any sidewalk, roadway or
other public way. Such work shall be completed within a reasonable
time, but not later than within 48 hours after cessation of snow plowing
by Caln Township.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited
any snow or ice on or immediately next to a fire hydrant or on any
sidewalk, roadway or loading and unloading areas of a public transportation
system, except that snow and ice may be mounded by the Township of
Caln on public rights-of-way incident to the cleaning thereof or mounded
on curbs incident to the clearing of sidewalks in business districts.
Any person or corporation having responsibilities
hereunder who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not more than $300,
and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day
that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
