[Adopted 4-14-1981 by Ord. No. 1336; amended in its entirety 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 12-2004]
All owners, landlords, and tenants of real property
utilized for a commercial enterprises, retail establishments or professional
offices shall remove all snow and ice from public sidewalks abutting
such real properties within 18 hours after the ice forms or the snowfall
ends. The owners of premises for business, commercial or industrial
purposes shall, in addition, remove all snow and ice from the parking
lots, walkways and other areas used by their customers or employees.
Ice which is so frozen as to make removal impractical shall either
be treated with rock salt or other chemicals which will thaw it sufficiently
to permit removal or be thoroughly covered with sand, ashes or cinders.
Removal or covering shall be accomplished within 18 hours after the
ice forms or the snowfall ends.
No owner, tenant or occupant of any premises
abutting on any street shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice
upon the paved portion of any street. The intent of this section is
to prohibit all persons from throwing, placing or depositing snow
or ice accumulating on the private property of that person upon municipal
streets or sidewalks of the Borough.
In the event that snow or ice is not removed
or is cast, deposited or placed upon sidewalks or streets in violation
of this article, the snow or ice shall be removed by the appropriate
department of the Borough, and the cost of removal shall be certified
by the Director of Public Works. The Director shall examine the certificate
and, if found correct, shall cause the cost to be charged against
the real estate abutting the sidewalk or street from which the snow
or ice was removed. The amount so charged shall become a lien upon
the real estate abutting the sidewalk or street and shall be added
to the taxes next assessed upon the land and shall be collected and
enforced in the same manner as other taxes. The remedy provided by
this section shall be in addition to any penalty imposed for a violation
of this article.
