Each owner, tenant or tenants or persons in
possession of any lands abutting upon any public street or highway
of the township shall clear and remove all snow and ice from the abutting
sidewalks of such street or highway within 12 hours of daylight after
the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
[Added 3-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-10]
No person, corporation or entity shall plow, throw, place or
otherwise deposit any snow or ice removed from any parking area, driveway,
sidewalk or any other location into or upon any street, sidewalk,
or other public thoroughfare or right-of-way within the Township.
Where the owner, tenant or tenants or persons
in possession of any such real estate shall fail to clear or remove
the same as herein provided, the township may do so and the cost therefor
shall then be certified to the Township Committee by the Superintendent
of Streets. The Township Committee shall thereupon confirm said cost
and order the same to be charged against such abutting real estate,
and the amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax on
such real estate and be added to and become a part of the taxes next
to be levied and assessed thereon in the same manner as other taxes.
[Amended 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
In addition to the other charges provided for in this article, any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty.