For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PARKING Any area not on a street of the Borough which is intended or used for storage or parking of vehicles.
SIDEWALKS A paved path or footwalk for public use located between the curbline and right-of-way line of any public or municipally maintained roadway.
STREET The portion of a public or private way used or intended to be used for passage or travel by automotive vehicles and to provide access to abutting properties.
The owners or occupants of buildings adjacent to public sidewalks shall prevent the falling of snow, ice or water from such buildings upon said public sidewalks.
No person, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company, syndicate or private contractor shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or ice in the following places:
A. On or against a fire hydrant.
B. On any portion of a street.
C. On any place which this chapter or any other order, rule, regulation, resolution, ordinance or statute of the Borough of Perkasie or of any other rule- or law-making body whose jurisdiction extends in any way to the geographical area encompassed by the Borough of Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, requires to be kept clear of snow or ice.
D. On any parcel of real estate without the express permission of the owner of the parcel of real estate upon which the snow or ice is to be placed.
No person, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company, syndicate or other as the case may be, shall cause the accumulation of snow and ice on any street or roadway in such a manner as to endanger pedestrians or obstruct the vision of motorists. In no event shall snow or ice be or be caused to be piled on any corner by any person, partnership, corporation, syndicate or other, as the case may be, within 10 feet of any intersection, in excess of four feet in height which would tend to obstruct a motorist's vision.
No person, firm or corporation shall pile, gather up, plow up or force any snow or ice upon any terrace or parcel of land within six feet of any street, avenue or roadway in such a manner as to cause the height of the snow and ice so piled, gathered, plowed or forced to exceed three feet six inches in height above the existing natural grade of said terrace or parcel of land within six feet of said street.
Violations of this chapter shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, Violations and Penalties.