[Adopted 5-15-1961 by Ord. No. 2-1961 (Ch.
67 of the 1975 Code)]
A.
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant
or tenants of premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the
Borough of Pemberton shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting
sidewalks of such streets, or, in the case of ice which may be so
frozen as to make removal impractical, shall cause the same to be
thoroughly covered with sand or ashes, within 24 hours after the same
shall fall or be formed thereon.
B.
In case the building is occupied by more than one
family or business unit, then the tenant or occupant of the first
floor or story thereof is hereby required to remove all snow and ice
from such portion of the sidewalks, or, in the case of ice which is
impractical to remove, cover the same with sand or ashes, within 24
hours after the same shall be formed or fall thereon.
No person, firm or corporation, the owner, tenant
or occupant of any premises abutting on any street, shall throw, place
or deposit any snow or ice into or upon any street in said Borough,
it being the intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all
persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow and ice
which accumulates within the private property belonging to said person
upon the sidewalks or streets of the Borough of Pemberton.
[Amended 8-18-1975 by Ord. No. 9-1975]
In case such snow or ice shall not be removed from such sidewalks or shall be cast, deposited, thrown or placed upon said sidewalks or streets by the owner or owners, tenant or tenants, occupant or occupants of any said premises as provided in §§ 176-1 and 176-2 hereof, the same shall be removed forthwith by or under the direction of the Borough Police Department, and the cost of such removal as nearly as can be ascertained shall be certified by the Police Department to the governing body. The governing body shall examine such certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax upon such real estate or land and be added to, recorded and collected in the same way and manner as the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon such premises and shall bear interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes. The imposition and collection of a fine or fines imposed by the provisions of this article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Borough of Pemberton to collect the cost as certified for the removal of said snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a
fine not exceeding $1,250, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90
days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any
combination thereof, and each and every day on which said violation
exists shall constitute a separate offense.
