[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Manchester 9-12-1978 (Ch. 85 of the 1979 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
All owners and persons in possession of any land or
premises situated on any street, alley or highway within the limits
of the Town where sidewalks have been or may hereafter be laid which
are contiguous to the corner of Main Street and York Street and Main
Street and Westminster Street shall remove the snow therefrom the
entire length thereof for a width of at least three feet and may deposit
the same along the remaining portion of said sidewalks nearest the
curb within 10 hours after it has ceased falling, unless the same
shall have fallen between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., in
which case it shall be removed before 6:00 p.m. the same day.
[Amended 12-8-1981 by Ord. No. 20]
B.
However, in the event snow and ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person charged with its removal shall, within the time mentioned in Subsection A hereof, cause enough CaCl2 or some comparable substance, with the exception of
road salt, to be put on the sidewalk to make travel thereon reasonably
safe, and then shall, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause
a path in said sidewalk of at least 36 inches in width to be thoroughly
cleaned.[1]
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited
any snow and ice on or against a fire hydrant or on any sidewalk,
roadway or loading and unloading areas of a public transportation
system, except that snow and ice may be windrowed on public roadways
incident to the cleaning thereof.
Any violation of the requirements of this chapter
is declared to be an infraction, subject to a fine of $50 for the
initial offense and $100 for each additional violation which occurs
within a fiscal year.
[Amended 4-24-1996 by Ord. No. 102]
A.
Irrespective of other provisions of this chapter for
penalizing the failure of any person to clear away or treat with CaCl2 or some comparable substance, with the exception of
road salt, and subsequently clear away any snow and ice from any sidewalk
as herein before provided, or cause this to be done in the event of
any such failure of any person, then the same may be done by a person
employed to do so on behalf of the Mayor and Council by the Director
of Finance or such other officer as may be hereafter designated to
employ such person.[1]
B.
A statement of account for the actual or established
minimum cost of cleaning and removing snow and ice by the Town shall
be presented to the Town Administrator, and if approved, shall be
placed in the hands of the Director of Finance, who shall immediately
record the same among Town records and enter therein the time and
date of such recordation.
[Amended 9-12-2006 by Ord. No. 172]
C.
The amount of the cost of removal of snow and ice
by the Town shall be a debt of the owner of the abutting property
and shall become due and payable when the statement thereof is placed
in the hands of the Director of Finance. The Director shall proceed
immediately to collect the same as municipal taxes are collected.
Any such charge shall be a lien upon the abutting property as provided
in the Charter.
D.
The owner of the abutting property shall have the
right to appeal from the decision of the Town Administrator approving
the charge of removal by the Town to the Circuit Court of the county,
all in accordance with the laws of the state.
[Amended 9-12-2006 by Ord. No. 172]
