[Adopted 3-7-1950 by Ord. No. 234]
[Amended 7-25-2006 by Ord. No. 1166]
All owners of real estate in the Township of
Haddon lying or fronting on any part of the streets and highways of
the Township of Haddon shall, within 30 days after written notice
is given by the Clerk of the Township of Haddon, or his/her designee,
as appropriate, pave or repave, place curbing or repair curbing of
the sidewalks and curb along the property of said owners where said
paving and repaving, curbing or recurbing has been found to be necessary
pursuant to an inspection of the Township of Haddon or a complaint
filed with the Township of Haddon.
The notice as provided for in § 203-1 shall be in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:65-2 through 40:65-5, and, in addition to the description of the improvement, the notice shall contain a statement that unless the owner or owners complete the improvement within 30 days after service of the said notice, the municipality will make the improvement at the expense of the owner.
The cost of paving, repaving, curbing, recurbing,
improving and repairing of sidewalks in the streets, roads and highways
of the Township of Haddon shall be at the expense of the owner or
owners of the lands in front of which such improvement shall be made.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
A.
All sidewalks and curbs constructed, reconstructed
or repaired shall be in accordance with specifications prepared by
the Township Engineer and approved by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
B.
All new sidewalks and curbs constructed by an abutting
owner shall be constructed in accordance with the width and grade
established by the Township Engineer. All old and existing sidewalks
and curbs reconstructed or repaired by an abutting owner shall be
reconstructed or repaired in accordance with the existing width and
grade unless such width and grade are changed by the Township Engineer.
It shall be the duty of the abutting owner in all instances to make
inquiry of the Township Engineer respecting such width and grade.
If, after the passage of this article and after
notice given as herein provided, the owner or owners fail to comply
with the provisions of the notice, it shall be lawful for the governing
body to cause such improvement to be made under the direction and
supervision of the Superintendent of Highways of the Township of Haddon,
and, if same be necessary, to award one or more contracts for the
making of such improvement; provided, however, that before the making
of such improvement and the awarding of any contract, the owner or
owners of the land affected thereby shall again be given notice.
The Superintendent of Highways or the person
in charge of such improvement shall keep an accurate account of the
cost thereof and shall assess such cost upon the several properties
fronting on the improvement in proportion to their respective frontage
thereon and file a report thereof under oath with the Municipal Clerk.
The governing body shall thereupon examine such report and properly
confirm and file it with the officer charged with the collection of
assessments, under which record such sidewalk and curbing assessments
and other assessments of the municipality are recorded. Before confirming
the report, the governing body shall again give notice to the owner
or owners named therein of the time and place fixed for examination
of the report. The notice shall be served in the same manner as provided
in N.J.S.A. 40:65-2 through 40:65-5. Such sidewalk assessments shall
bear interest from the time of confirmation at the same rate and under
the same penalty as assessments for local improvements in the municipality
and, from the confirmation thereof, shall be a first and paramount
lien upon the real estate assessed to the same extent and be collected
and enforced in the same manner as assessments for local improvements.
[Amended 7-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1011; 12-26-2006 by Ord. No. 1170; 7-26-2011 by Ord. No. 1284]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to curb or recurb, pave or repave any sidewalk in any streets of the Township of Haddon without a permit from the Zoning Officer of the Township. The fee for such permit shall be as provided in Chapter 111, Fees.
