[Adopted 1-23-1996 by Ord. No. 392]
The owner, occupant or tenant of every property
abutting upon or alongside any of the streets, roads or alleys in
the Township of Derry is hereby required to remove or cause to be
removed from all of the sidewalks in front of, alongside or abutting
upon such property, all snow and/or ice thereon, fallen or formed,
within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or to be
formed. Provided, the owner of a property shall be responsible for
conforming to the requirements of a property shall be responsible
for conforming to the requirements of this section where such property
shall be occupied by such owner, shall be vacant or unoccupied, or
shall be a multiple-unit property, having more than one tenanted or
tenantable unit; the tenant or occupier of a property shall be so
responsible where such property is a single-unit property, occupied
by such tenant or occupier only.
In any case where the owner, occupant or tenant, as aforesaid, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of § 179-1 of this article, within the time limit prescribed therein, the Board of Supervisors shall have authority to proceed immediately to cause such snow and/or ice to be cleared from the sidewalk of such delinquent, and to collect the expenses thereof, with an additional amount of 10% thereof, from such owner, occupant or tenant, as the case may be, which may be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed under § 179-3 of this article.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article, upon conviction thereof in an action
brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues
or each section of this article which shall be found to have been
violated shall constitute a separate offense.
