[Adopted 8-19-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-09]
A.
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting
or bordering on any street in the Township shall remove all snow and
ice from the abutting sidewalks of the street or the abutting right-of-way
actually used by the public, or, in the event of ice which may be
so frozen as to make removal impractical, shall cause the same to
be thoroughly covered with sand, ashes or other appropriate material,
within 12 hours of daylight after the snow falls or the ice forms.
B.
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises used by
the public or business invitees shall remove all snow and ice from
the sidewalks, street, rights-of-way and parking areas used by the
public in the transaction of business, and, in the event of ice which
may be so frozen as to make removal impractical shall cause the same
to be thoroughly covered with sand, ashes or other appropriate material,
within 12 hours of daylight after the snow fills or the ice forms.
C.
The obligations set forth in this section do not apply
to municipal property owned or operated by the Township of Washington.
No owner, tenant or occupant of premises abutting
on a street shall deposit snow or ice on any street, it being the
intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all persons from
depositing snow and ice which accumulates within the private property
belonging to that person on the sidewalks or streets of the Township.
In case the snow or ice is not removed from
the sidewalks within the time prescribed or is deposited upon the
sidewalks or the street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises,
it shall be lawful for the Public Works Manager or the officer having
charge of the streets of the Township to remove entirely such snow
or ice from off the paved portion of the sidewalk or street in front
of said lot or lots of land.
The cost and expense paid and incurred by the Public Works Manager or other officer for removing such snow or ice from any sidewalk or street and for forming the pathway, where required, shall be ascertained by the Township Committee and certified to the Collector of the Township, and such expense shall be added to and form a part of the tax or taxes next to be levied and assessed on the lot or lots of land in front of which such sidewalk is located, from which snow or ice has been removed or the pathway formed, to be collected according to law and shall be a lien upon said lands until paid; and this liability of the owner or owners of said land shall be in addition to his or her liability to the fine imposed by § 106-19 of this article.
Any person who violates any of the provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine and/or imprisonment as follows:
