[Adopted 12-29-1976 by Ord. No. 282 (Art.
I of Ch. 90A of the 1974 Code of the Township of Lopatcong)]
Owners of real property on which there has been
constructed a multiple-dwelling-house development containing three
or more units of dwelling space, which are occupied or intended to
be occupied by three or more persons who live independent of each
other, on which there has been constructed any private street, highway,
lane, alley or other roadway which is open to the public or to which
the public is invited must remove all snow and ice from such street,
highway, lane, alley or other roadway within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall fall or be formed thereon. In the event that
such owner does not provide for the removal of such snow and ice,
the Township of Lopatcong shall cause the same to be removed, and
the cost of such removal shall be certified to the governing body
of the municipality by the officer in charge of such removal. The
governing body shall examine such certification and, if found to be
correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against the real property
of such owner, and the amount so charged, as certified, shall become
a lien and tax upon such real property and be added to and be part
of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon and enforced and
collected, with interest, by the same officer and in the same manner
as other taxes.
[Amended 2-19-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-02]
Any violation of this article shall, upon conviction,
be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, or any combination thereof.
