[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Nutley 2-20-1962 by Ord. No. 1545 (Ch. 205 of the 1978
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The owner or tenant of any lands abutting upon the
public highways of the Township of Nutley shall remove all snow and
ice from the abutting sidewalks of such highways within 36 hours after
the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
B.
The owner of any garden apartment and the owner of
any high-rise apartment or other multiple dwelling consisting of three
or more apartments in the Township of Nutley shall remove all snow
and ice from the sidewalks, roadways (dedicated and accepted public
roadways of the Township excepted), parking areas, walks from the
sidewalks to the entrances of the structures on the premises, walks
and stairways to basements, storage areas and refuse storage areas
of such garden apartments and high-rise apartment complexes and other
multiple dwelling as herein defined within 36 hours after said snow
and ice shall fall or be formed thereon.
[Added 2-1-1972 by Ord. No. 1751]
No owner or tenant of any lands abutting upon
the public highways of the Township of Nutley, nor any other person,
shall remove the snow and ice from said abutting lands or any part
of said lands and place or deposit the same in or upon said public
highways.
[Amended 2-1-1972 by Ord. No. 1751]
If the owner or tenant aforesaid shall fail
to remove said snow and ice within 36 hours, the Township of Nutley
shall cause said snow and ice to be removed either by a private contractor
or by the Public Works Department under the direction of the Municipal
Engineer, and said Engineer shall certify the cost thereof to the
Board of Commissioners, which shall examine the said certificate and,
if found to be correct, shall cause the cost to be charged against
the lands so abutting upon said sidewalk.
The amount so charged shall thereupon become
a lien and tax upon said abutting lands and be added to and be part
of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon, and shall be
enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the
same manner as other taxes.
The power and duty to enforce the provisions
of this chapter are hereby assigned to the Department of Public Safety,
and the same shall be exercised under the direction of the Police
Department.
[Amended 2-1-1972 by Ord. No. 1751; 5-15-1979 by Ord. No.
1973]
Any person or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine of $500 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one
penalty for any violation of this chapter shall not excuse the violation
or permit it to continue, and each additional 36 hours that the prohibited
condition continues will constitute a separate offense.
