As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The tenant or tenants with respect to one-, two- or multifamily
dwellings, the manager or person having care, custody or control of
the building or lot with respect to three-family or larger dwellings,
commercial business, industrial premises, vacant lots or unoccupied
buildings.
The fee owner and/or contract purchaser of a building or
lot as listed on the property records, properly recorded in Montgomery
County.
Any concrete, bituminous or other hard surface sidewalk,
path or other walkway intended for public use.
A.
The owner of the property shall be responsible for conforming to
the requirements.
B.
In addition, the tenant or occupant of the property shall be responsible
for conforming to the requirements where such property is occupied
by such tenant or occupant only.
C.
All sidewalks fronting or abutting such property shall be cleared
of snow and/or ice to a minimum width of three feet within 24 hours
after same shall have ceased to fall or form. In the event that the
snow and/or ice cannot be removed without damaging the sidewalk, an
application of sand, salt, cinders or other grit and deicing agents
will be an acceptable substitute for clearing.
D.
Following the clearing of any public sidewalk and during freezing
conditions, applications of salt, sand, cinders or other deicing agents
shall be applied as necessary to ensure a safe, nonslip surface for
pedestrian traffic.
E.
Clearing of sidewalks shall also include any portion(s) of a driveway
crossing a sidewalk area.
F.
Any/all material removed from a sidewalk and driveway area may not
be disposed of in the street, curb gutter or storm inlet areas.
Any member of the Jenkintown Borough Police Department is hereby
authorized to have removed any vehicle abandoned or parked upon or
in part of any travel lane of a public highway, street, road or right-of-way
in violation of the terms and provisions of this chapter, and to have
said vehicle towed to the on-call towing company secure property.
The registered owner of any such vehicle shall be notified of the
fact of the removal and of the place to which said vehicle has been
towed, where he or she may obtain the same upon payment of any and
all towing and storage charges. Neither the Borough nor any of its
officers or employees shall be held responsible for any damage to
any vehicle occurring as a result of towing and/or storage of a vehicle
parked in violation of this article. The towing company shall be an
approved vendor pursuant to the Jenkintown Borough Police Department
Standard Operating Procedures Manual.
It shall be unlawful for owners, occupants or tenants of property
to dump, throw, shovel, pile or push any snow or ice removed from
driveways, walkways or other private property into any public highway,
street, road or public right-of-way.
Police officers of the Borough acting in accordance with instructions
issued by the Mayor or the Chief of Police shall issue an official
violation notice when they shall determine that a violation has occurred.
Such notice shall be delivered to the responsible owner, tenant or
occupier personally or by leaving the same at the property in such
manner as to afford the alleged violator reasonable notice of the
violation. The notice shall recite the date, time and place of the
violation and any other facts necessary to an understanding of the
circumstances attending the violation. For violations that occur during
a calendar year (twelve-month period), any owner, occupant or tenant
responsible for compliance with the provisions of this article may,
within five days of the date of the notice, pay at Police Headquarters
or by mail, as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation,
the sum of $25 for the first offense, $50 for the second offense and
$100 for third and subsequent offenses. The failure of such owner,
occupant or tenant to do so shall render such owner, occupant or tenant
subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. Any owner, occupant
or tenant who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this article
shall, upon summary conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more than
$600 and the costs of prosecution.
