[Adopted 4-29-1996 as Ord. No. 96-4]
All owners, tenants and/or occupants of lands
abutting public streets within the Township of Franklin shall be required
to remove all snow, ice and/or sleet from abutting sidewalks.
In conjunction with Franklin Township Ordinance
No. 137-6, any and all snow, ice and/or sleet removed from any sidewalk
shall not be placed or deposited into or upon any Township street.
All such snow, ice and/or sleet shall be removed
from the sidewalk within 12 hours of daylight after the storm has
ended.
If any owner, tenant, and/or occupant of lands abutting public streets fails to remove all accumulated snow, ice and/or sleet from the abutting sidewalk within the time set forth in § 120-17 of this article, the Township of Franklin is authorized to do so with the cost of such removal to be charged against the real estate abutting the public street.
Any charge/charges will attach to the real property
following the receipt of a certification regarding the same which
shall be presented to the Township Committee. The Township Committee
shall examine the certification and, if it is found to be correct,
shall cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting
such sidewalk.
Any such charge will become a lien upon the
real estate and shall be added to and be part of the taxes next levied
and assessed thereon. Any such charge will be enforced and collected
with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as real
estate taxes.
In addition to the charges set forth above,
any person, firm, entity, corporation or partnership actually residing
in or utilizing the real property or, if the real property has no
residents or occupants, then the owner of the real property, who violates
this article shall be liable for the following, to be enforced in
the Municipal Court: the sum of $100 for the first offense and a sum
not to exceed $100 upon each and every subsequent offense or up to
180 hours of community service. Each and every day in which the violation
exists shall constitute a separate violation.
The within Article amends Ordinance No. 96-1
which was adopted by the Franklin Township Municipal Committee on
February 26, 1996.
