[Adopted 6-26-2003 by Ord. No. 241 (Ch.
21, Part 3, of the 1995 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The tenant or tenants with respect to one-, two- or multifamily
dwellings; the manager or person having care, custody or control of
the building lot with respect to three-family or larger dwellings,
commercial business, industrial premises, vacant lots or unoccupied
buildings.
The fee owner and/or contract purchaser of a building or
lot as listed on the property records properly recorded in Montgomery
County.
Any concrete, bituminous or other hard-surface sidewalk,
path or walkway intended for public use.
Lower Pottsgrove Township or its designee.
A.Â
The owner or occupant of any building or lot abutting
a public sidewalk is responsible for and shall remove any accumulation
of snow, slush, ice and/or freezing rain from said public sidewalk
within 24 hours after the snow, ice or freezing rain has ceased to
fall, gather or accumulate.
B.Â
The clearing of sidewalks may require continuous acts
due to drifting, melting and other situations that require snow and
ice to be removed more than once after a single storm.
C.Â
All sidewalks shall be cleared to a minimum width
of three feet. In the event the snow and/or ice cannot be removed
without damaging the sidewalk, an application of sand, salt, cinders
or other grit and deicing agents will be an acceptable substitute
for clearing.
D.Â
Following the clearing of any public sidewalk and
during freezing conditions, applications of salt, cinders or other
deicing agents shall be applied as necessary to ensure a safe, nonslip
surface for pedestrian traffic.
E.Â
Clearing of sidewalks shall also include any portion(s)
of a driveway crossing a sidewalk area.
F.Â
Any/all material removed from a sidewalk and driveway
area may not be disposed of in the street, curb, gutter or storm inlet
areas.
G.Â
Should the owner or occupant fail to timely comply with the requirements
of this section, said snow or ice may be removed by any officer, employer
or contractor of the Township for such purpose, and the cost of such
removal with an additional 10% penalty shall be collected from the
defaulting owner, occupant or tenant in the form of a municipal lien
claim as provided for by law and as permitted by the First Class Township
Code.
[Added 1-24-2019 by Ord. No. 341]
Following the effective date of this article,
it shall be unlawful to park, abandon or allow to be parked or abandoned
any motor vehicle or other vehicle on or in part of a travel lane
of any highway, street, road or right-of-way which is part of the
PennDOT, Montgomery County and/or Township road system after the start
of a snowfall and until the snow has stopped falling and the snow
has been completely plowed for the full width of the cartway.
Any member of the Lower Pottsgrove Township
Police Department is hereby authorized to have removed any vehicle
abandoned or parked upon or in part of any travel lane of a public
highway, street, road or right-of-way in violation of the terms and
provisions of this article and to have said vehicle towed to the nearest
safe facility. The registered owner of any such vehicle shall be notified
of the fact of the removal and of the place to which said vehicle
has been towed, where he or she may obtain the same upon payment of
any and all towing and storage charges. Neither the Township nor any
of its officers or employees shall be held responsible for any damage
to any vehicle occurring as a result of towing and/or storage of a
vehicle parked in violation of this article. The towing company shall
be an approved vendor pursuant to the Lower Pottsgrove Township Police
Department Standard Operating Procedures Manual.
If shall be unlawful for owners, occupants or
tenants of property to dump, throw, shovel, pile or push any snow
or ice removed from driveways, walkways or other private property
into any public highway, street, road or public right-of-way.
Any owner or occupant violating any of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to fines and penalties outlined in
§ 1502(2) of the First Class Township Code, not to exceed
$1,000.
