[Adopted 7-7-1980 as Sec. 13-2 of Ch. XIII of the Revised General Ordinances]
It shall be the duty of the owner of any real property in the Township abutting any public street or sidewalk to construct, repair, alter, relay or maintain the curbs and public sidewalks in front of such property whenever curbs or sidewalks are required or, being already installed, shall be in such disrepair as to constitute a hazard to the general public using the curbs and sidewalks unless they are repaired, altered, re-layed or maintained. In the case of curbs, such work shall also be done when the repair is necessary for efficient use of the curbs for storm drainage, traffic control or street maintenance.
Sidewalks shall be deemed to be required when the Township Council, by resolution and 30 days' notice to the abutting owners of the proposed adoption of such resolution and an opportunity to the owners of abutting lands to be heard, shall determine that public necessity and convenience require the construction of such sidewalks or curbs.
A. 
Repairs, alterations, re-laying or maintenance of any sidewalks or curbs shall be required whenever the Township Council, upon 30 days' notice to the owner or occupant of such abutting property and an opportunity to such abutting owner or occupant to be heard, shall, by resolution, determine that such repairs, alterations, re-laying or maintenance, at the expense of the abutting landowners, is reasonably necessary for the safety of the public using such sidewalks or for the efficient utilization of the curbs for the purpose for which curbs are constructed.
B. 
Such notice of the proposed adoption of the resolution shall also specify the work to be done by the owner or occupant and shall contain further notice that in the event that the Township Council makes such determination by resolution, the owner or occupant shall be required to perform the work specified within a period of not less than 60 days from the date of service of such notice.
Whenever any such lands are unoccupied and the owner cannot be found within the Township, the notice may be mailed, postage prepaid, to his or her post office address if the same can be ascertained, but in case the owner is a nonresident or his post office address cannot be ascertained, then such notice shall be inserted for four weeks, once a week, in the official newspaper of the Township.
In case the owner or occupant of such lands shall not comply with the requirements of such notice, it shall thereupon be lawful for the Township Manager, as the person in charge of the Street Department of the Township, upon filing due proof of the service or publication of the aforesaid notice with the Township Clerk, to cause the required work to be done and paid for out of the municipal funds available for that purpose; the cost of such work shall thereupon be certified by the Township Manager to the Township Tax Collector, and upon filing the certificate, the amount of the cost of such work shall be and become a lien upon the abutting lands in front of which said work was done to the same extent that assessments for local improvements are liens in the Township under general law and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for collection of such other assessments and shall bear interest at the same rate.
In addition to the remedies specified above, the Township may have an action to recover the amount against the owner of the lands in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, and a certified copy of the aforesaid certificate shall in such action be prima facie evidence of the existence of the debt due from the owner to the Township.
All moneys recovered or paid to the Township under the provisions of the foregoing sections shall be credited to the account out of which the cost of such work was paid.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-5; 8-11-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-16]
All sidewalks or curbs shall be installed in accordance with the grades and specifications as to construction and materials prepared by the Township Engineer and approved by the Township Manager, and no person shall install any such public sidewalk or curb or repair, alter, or relay or maintain same except in accordance with such grades and specifications. Any owner or occupant of any property, whether occupied or unoccupied, failing to keep the sidewalks and curbs in front of such property in good repair shall be subject to the procedures of § 241-12 and N.J.S.A. 40:65-14, with respect to completion of repairs and maintenance and the charging of such work to the owner or occupant.