[Adopted 3-28-1927 by Ord. No. 9; amended
in its entirety 11-7-2007 by Ord. No. 07-28 (Ch. 94 of the 1970
Code)]
It shall be unlawful to permit snow, ice, grass,
weeds, dirt, sand or other impediments to remain upon or in the sidewalks
of any street, road, avenue or highway in the Borough.
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands
abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks of public streets, roads,
avenues and highways shall remove all snow from the same within 24
hours of daylight after the same shall have fallen thereon, and all
grass, weeds, dirt, sand and other impediments therefrom within three
days after notice to remove the same.
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands
abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks of public streets, roads,
avenues and highways shall remove all ice from the same within 24
hours of daylight after the ice shall have formed thereon, or if it
shall be impossible within that time to remove the same, the owner
or owners, tenant or tenants shall spread over the ice on said sidewalks
ashes, sawdust or some other similar material which shall make the
said sidewalks safe for the use of pedestrians.
Where the owner or owners, tenant or tenants
shall refuse or neglect to remove such snow, ice, grass, weeds, dirt,
sand or other impediments in the manner and within the time herein
provided, the same may be removed by or under the direction of the
Borough Code Enforcement Official or other officer of the Borough
who may be designated by the Mayor and Council for that purpose. In
such cases such officer or officers shall certify the cost of the
removal of such snow, ice, grass, weed, dirt, sand or other impediments
to the Borough Council, which shall examine the certificate, and,
if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged
against the lands abutting or bordering such sidewalk; the amount
so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such land and shall
be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed
and levied upon such lands; the same to bear interest at the same
rate as taxes and to be collected and enforced by the same officers
and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 3-2-2010 by Ord. No. 10-04]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to the penalty as provided in § 1-15, General penalty, of this Code.
