[Adopted as Section 6-5 of the Revised General
Ordinances (Ch. 153, Art. IV, of the 1982 Code)]
It shall be the duty of owners or tenants in
possession of real property abutting or bordering any sidewalk now
existing or hereafter established in the Borough to remove all snow
or ice therefrom within 24 hours after an accumulation of at least
one inch of the same shall have fallen or been formed. An owner or
tenant shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this
article if he has removed snow and ice from the sidewalk in such a
manner as to create a continuous clear path along the entire length
of the sidewalk of a width not less than 24 inches.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 82-2]
In the event that an owner or tenant in possession
shall fail or refuse to remove snow or ice within the time specified,
the Borough, at its discretion, may perform the work. The Department
of Public Works shall certify the cost to the Mayor and Council, who
shall, after examination of the certificate, cause the cost to be
charged against the abutting real property and become a lien upon
the real property and be added to and be part of the taxes next to
be levied and assessed against the real property, and enforced and
collected with interest in the same manner as other taxes. This shall
be in addition to any penalty imposed for violation of this article.
