[Adopted 10-17-1978 by Ord. No. 657]
A.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any person, corporation or other entity who or which, alone
or with others, has possession or control of any path, sidewalk, walkway,
access road, driveway, parking lot or other area required for the
public health, safety and welfare or regularly used by the public.
B.
All nouns and pronouns and any variation thereof shall
be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or
plural, as the identity of the person or persons, entity or entities
and the context may require.
A responsible person shall repair all holes,
depressions, cracks, projections, obstructions or other dangerous
conditions existing in any paths, sidewalks, walkways, steps, access
roads, driveways, parking lots and other areas required for the public
health, safety and welfare or regularly used by the public, to permit
the safe passage of persons or vehicles, as the case may be, within
a reasonable time after such conditions have been discovered by the
responsible person or brought to the attention of the responsible
person, his agents, servants or employees.
Within 24 hours after precipitation in the form
of snow, sleet or hail or a combination thereof, the responsible person
shall clear all paths, sidewalks, walkways, steps, access roads, driveways,
parking lots and other areas required for the public health, safety
and welfare or regularly used by the public and apply sand, salt or
other like substance to adequately melt such snow, sleet, hail or
combination thereof in order to permit the safe passage of persons
or vehicles, as the case may be.
The responsible person shall remove all excretion
of pets and other animals, litter, trash, brush, weeds, broken glass,
roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, refuse and debris from all
paths, sidewalks, walkways, access roads, driveways, parking lots
and other areas required for the public health, safety and welfare
or regularly used by the public within a reasonable time after such
conditions have been discovered by the responsible person or brought
to the attention of the responsible person or his agents, servants
or employees.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
Any responsible person who shall violate any
provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a
fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed
90 days, or both, at the discretion of the court. Every day that a
violation continues after due notice of such violation has been served
by the Building Inspector of the Township of Haddon shall be deemed
a separate offense.
