[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.
Violations of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-14.