The owner of every property fronting upon or
alongside any street in the Borough of Chambersburg is hereby required
to remove or cause to be removed for a width of at least four feet
from the inside pavement line from all of the sidewalks in front of
or alongside of such property all snow, hail, sleet or ice thereon
fallen or formed within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased
to fall or form. The foregoing notwithstanding, at all times during
or after any snow event, it shall be unlawful for any person to shovel,
push, throw or plow snow, hail, sleet or ice from a sidewalk, driveway,
lot or any other area into a Borough road, street, or alley.
In case hail, sleet or ice shall be frozen so
hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the sidewalk, it
shall be the duty of the owner to sprinkle the same with sand, ashes,
sawdust, or other suitable material that will make such sidewalk safe
for the public, and whenever weather conditions permit, such hail,
sleet or ice shall be removed by such owner.
The property owner shall be responsible for
conforming to the requirements of this article regardless of whether
such property is owner-occupied, vacant, or occupied by one or more
tenants.
In any case where the owner shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this article with the time limit prescribed therein, the Borough may proceed to arrange to clear snow and or ice from the sidewalk of such delinquents and the Borough shall collect the expense thereof; together with 10% additional, as a municipal claim which shall be in addition to the penalty set forth in §
254-15.