Township of Springfield, PA
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2023-11-08
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The Code
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Chapter 92 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article II Snow and Ice Removal
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Procedures
- Ch 3 Alarm Devices
- Ch 4 Amusement Devices
- Ch 5 Animals
- Ch 7 Auditor
- Ch 8 Authority, Municipal
- Ch 11 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 13 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 16 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 18 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch 21 Curfew
- Ch 24 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 26 Emergency Services Board
- Ch 27 Environmental Advisory Commission
- Ch 28 Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 29 Excavations
- Ch 31 False Alarms
- Ch 34 Fire Department
- Ch 36 (Reserved)
- Ch 38 Food and Drink
- Ch 40 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 46 Historic Resources
- Ch 47 Human Relations; Discrimination
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 49 Insurance
- Ch 52 Library
- Ch 53 Littering
- Ch 55 Manager, Township
- Ch 57 Meetings of Board of Commissioners
- Ch 59 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 62 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 63 Pensions
- Ch 65 Planning Commission
- Ch 67 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Police Department
- Ch 70 Precious Metals, Dealers in
- Ch 70A Property Maintenance
- Ch 71 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 72 Recycling
- Ch 73 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 75 Reimbursement of Accidents
- Ch 77 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 78 Sale of Real Property
- Ch 79 Seal
- Ch 81 Sewers
- Ch 84 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 85 Single-Use Plastic Carry-Out Bags
- Ch 86 Social Security
- Ch 88 Stormwater Management
- Ch 89 Street and Highway Widths
- Ch 90 Street Numbers
- Ch 92 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 92 Art II Snow and Ice Removal
- § 92-21 Removal of snow and ice required.
- § 92-22 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 95 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 98 Swimming Pools
- Ch 100 Taxation
- Ch 103 Transportation Development District
- Ch 105 Vehicles, Abandoned and Repairable; Junkyards
- Ch 107 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 111 Watercourses and Drainage Facilities
- Ch 114 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-11-1964 by Ord. No. 509]
All owners, tenants and occupants of land on
which is located a sidewalk or sidewalks adjacent to a public highway,
and all owners of land which is vacant but which contains a sidewalk
or sidewalks adjacent to a public highway, shall hereafter keep said
sidewalks free and clear of snow and ice. All such persons shall clear
said sidewalks of snow and ice within 24 hours after the snow has
stopped falling.
[Amended 1-10-2001 by Ord. No. 845]
A.
Any such person who shall fail to keep said sidewalk
or sidewalks free and clear of snow and ice or shall fail to cover
ice with salt, sand or other appropriate materials for the safety
of pedestrians shall be subject to a penalty in the amount of $15.
B.
In the event of a violation of this article, any police
officer of the Township of Springfield may present to the owner, tenant
or occupant a notice indicating the nature of the offense and bearing
the statement that no prosecution shall be instituted for 48 hours
hereafter if, during said forty-eight-hour period, the offender shall
voluntarily appear at the office of the Police Department of the Township
of Springfield, 1510 Paper Mill Road, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, and
voluntarily enter a plea of guilty and pay a penalty of $15 to the
Township. In the event such person fails to comply with such notice,
the offense will thereafter be prosecuted and the penalty collected
in a manner prescribed by existing laws.
