The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands
abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and gutters of the public
streets, avenues and highways shall remove all snow and ice from the
same within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall be formed or
fall thereon.
[Amended 4-18-1988 by Ord. No. 917; 8-15-1994 by Ord. No.
1058]
In cases where the owner or owners, tenant or
tenants shall have refused or neglected to remove the same in the
manner and within the time provided above, the snow and ice shall
be removed from any sidewalk or gutter of the offending owner or owners,
tenant or tenants under the direction of the Superintendent of Public
Works, who shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body, 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 or gutter. The amount so charged shall forthwith
become a lien upon such land and shall be added to 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 shall be collected
and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
[Added 4-18-1988 by Ord. No. 917; amended 8-15-1994 by Ord. No.
1058]]
In addition thereto, any person violating any
provision of this article shall be deemed to be a disorderly person
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$1,000, imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed
90 days or a period of community service for not more than 90 days,
or any combination thereof.