[Adopted 10-11-1948 by Ord. No. 316, approved 10-15-1948]
It shall be the duty of the occupant or occupants
of any dwelling, tenement, store, storehouse, shop, manufactory or
other building fronting on any paved or unpaved sidewalk or gutters
in or upon any public street in the Borough of Wilson, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, and of the person or persons having charge or
care of any church, schoolhouse or any public building situate as
aforesaid, to remove or cause to be removed all snow, ice or sleet
from the sidewalks, and also all snow from the gutters in front of
and around their respective premises, within 15 hours after the same
shall have ceased to fall or accumulate thereon or therein. When a
building has two or more occupants, the duty of cleaning the sidewalks
and gutters as aforesaid shall devolve upon the occupant or occupants
on the first or ground floor; and if said ground-floor occupants number
two or more, each such occupant shall clean the sidewalk, gutters
and drains immediately in front of his, her or their respective portions
of the building, together with 1/2 of the space, if any, intervening
between said portion and that of the next adjoining occupant. Occupants
of corner buildings shall clean the sidewalks and gutters in front
thereof and also on the sides for the distance back from the corner
to which their occupancy may extend. Sidewalks and gutters in front
of and at the sides of vacant lots or vacant buildings shall be cleaned
as aforesaid by the owner or owners of such vacant buildings or lots.
In all cases the snow, ice or sleet, when so removed, shall be thrown
toward the outside of the sidewalk into the roadway and not into the
gutters paralleling the sidewalks; provided, however, that wherever
and whenever it may be impossible to remove all snow, sleet or ice
which may have been compacted by travel or formed on sidewalks so
as to present a slippery surface, it shall be the duty of the occupant,
agent or owner of the premises abutting to cover the same with ashes,
cinders, sand, grit or any suitable substance in such manner as to
make walking upon said sidewalks safe.
No person or persons designated in § 150-21 shall suffer or allow ice or snow to remain or accumulate in any drain or gutter crossing or paralleling any sidewalk, whether paved or unpaved, so as to impede the flow of water therein, in case of thaw or rain.
It shall be the duty of all persons designated in § 150-21 to remove or cause to be removed any dirt or debris from sidewalks fronting their respective premises within 24 hours after the dirt or debris has been placed thereon or within 24 hours after the dirt or debris has been permitted to accumulate thereon.
[Amended 1-22-1996 by Ord. No. 654, approved 1-22-1996]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable for each
offense by a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution or,
upon default in payment of the fine and costs, by imprisonment in
the county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days, and each day of
the continuance of a violation shall be deemed to constitute a separate
offense.
