[Amended 5-9-1996 by Ord. No. 96-09]
The owner or tenant of lands abutting upon the
public highways, streets and avenues of the Borough shall remove or
cause to be removed from the abutting sidewalks and from the other
areas specified below:
A. All snow and ice shall be removed or caused to be
removed from the sidewalk in front of or bordering on such lands and
from a pathway, not less than two feet in width, from such sidewalk
to the public street within 24 hours of sunrise after the snow or
ice shall fall or be formed thereon;
B. All snow and ice shall be removed for a distance of
not less than two feet around any fire hydrant in front of or bordering
on such lands, and from a path not less than two feet in width from
such hydrant to the public street within 24 hours of sunrise after
the snow or ice shall fall or be formed; and
C. All grass, weeds, hedges, bushes, low-hanging branches
or other impediments shall be removed from any sidewalk in front of
or bordering on such lands within three days after written notice
from the municipality or its Police Department to remove same.
Any complaint for the violation of this article
shall be the responsibility of the Garwood Police Department which
shall issue a summons for violations based upon their personal observation
thereof or upon information provided by the Superintendent of Public
Works.
All streets hereafter accepted by the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Garwood shall be not less than 50 feet
in width and shall be graded as prescribed by the Mayor and Council.