[Adopted 2-19-1987 as Part 7, §§ 713.05
and 713.99(e), of the 1987 Codified Ordinances]
[Amended 4-15-1993 by Ord. No. 1386]
A.
All owners or occupants of lots of land and all persons
having the charge or care of any church, places of business, schoolhouse
or public buildings fronting upon any of the streets of the City shall
remove, or cause to be removed all snow, ice or sleet from the sidewalks
in front of their lot, residence, tenement, place of business, church,
schoolhouse or public buildings within 12 hours after such snow has
fallen or such ice or sleet accumulated and shall keep the same clear
from snow and ice and sleet.
B.
In all cases, including the case of snow removal from
sidewalks or parking areas, the snow shall be thrown to the inside
of the sidewalk or piled on the owner's property and shall not be
thrown into the street or roadway.
Upon the failure of any person to clean his
sidewalk from snow, ice or sleet within the time aforesaid, the City
may proceed to clean the same at the cost and expense of the owner
of any such lot, which cost and expense shall become due and payable
immediately upon the completion of the work and shall be collected
from such owner, with costs, as debts of like amount are by law collectible,
or the amount of such debts, costs and expenses shall become a lien
upon such lot from the time of the commencement of such work, and
such lien shall be entered on record in the Court of Common Pleas
as in the case of other municipal liens.
[Amended 4-25-2013 by Ord. No. 1672]
A.
The Police
Department, having the responsibility and authority to enforce the
provisions of this article, shall issue a written warning notice of
the violation. A penalty of $25 is hereby imposed by the City commensurate
with the issuance of the written warning notice of the article violation.
Any person issued a written warning notice of this article violation
shall have the period of time set forth in the written warning notice
within which to correct the violation and a period of 10 days within
which to pay a penalty of $25 to the City. In the event the violation
is not corrected within the period of time set forth in the written
warning notice or the penalty is not paid within 10 days, the City
may commence formal proceedings against such offender for the violation.
B.
Any person
violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof before a District Justice, be subject to a fine of up to $300
and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for up
to 90 days.
