[Adopted 10-15-2001 by Ord. No. 01-14]
Any owner, developer or subdivider of real property
on or adjacent to which said owner, developer or subdivider has constructed
a street or road open to the public but not yet accepted and approved
by the Township as a public road or street, and on which real property
or subdivision has been constructed at least three separate dwelling
houses or an apartment building or buildings containing three or more
units of dwelling space, which dwelling houses or units are occupied
or intended to be occupied by three or more persons who live independently
of each other and whose occupants depend on such street or road for
access to and egress from their dwelling houses or units to the public
road system, and even though said street or road has been deeded or
dedicated to the Township but is not yet finally approved or accepted
by the Township, shall be obligated to remove all snow and ice from
such street or road within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall
fall or be formed thereon.
A.
Every such owner, developer or subdivider while so
obligated shall file with the Township Clerk, within 12 days after
the effective date of this article and annually on November 1 of each
calendar year, a written plan for snow and ice removal. Said plan
shall include:
(1)
The name, address and telephone number of a person
responsible for snow and ice removal from such street or roadway who
can be reached 24 hours a day.
(2)
The name, address and telephone number of any contractor
who is responsible for such snow removal.
(3)
A list of all equipment and supplies available for
such snow and ice removal.
(4)
The response time for the contractor to take action
for snow and ice removal.
B.
Such owner, developer or subdivider shall notify the
Township Clerk within 10 days of any changes in the information set
forth in said plan.
The Township of Woolwich may provide for the
removal of such snow or ice by its own personnel and equipment or
by a contractor where the owner, developer or subdivider obligated
by this article to do so shall fail to remove snow or ice from such
street or road as provided by this article. The cost of such removal
of any such snow or ice from any such street or road by the Township
or a Township contractor shall be certified to the governing body
of Woolwich Township by the officer in charge thereof. The governing
body shall examine such certificate, and if found to be correct, shall
cause such cost to be charged against such real property owned by
such owner, developer or subdivider who is obligated by this article
to perform such ice and snow removal over which or through which such
street or road is located. The amount so charged shall be paid to
the Township within 14 days of written notice thereof, mailed or delivered
to said owner, developer or subdivider, and that amount if not so
paid shall become a lien and tax upon such real property and be added
to and be part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon
and enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and
in the same manner as other taxes. Such removal of snow and ice by
the Township or its contractor shall not constitute acceptance of
such street or road by the Township as a public street or road.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by one or more of the following: by a fine not exceeding
$1,000; or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days. Each additional
day in violation of this article shall constitute a separate violation
under this section.
