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 town.
[Amended 12-12-1995 by Ord.
No. 95-16]
In case the snow or ice is not removed from the sidewalks or is deposited
upon the sidewalks or the street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises,
it shall be removed under the direction of the Public Works/Business Administrator,
and the cost of removal as nearly as can be ascertained shall be certified
by the Administrator to the Department of Finance. The Town Council shall
examine the certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause the cost
to be charged against the real estate abutting or bordering upon these sidewalks,
and the amount so charged shall become a tax lien in the same manner as the
taxes next to be levied upon the premises and shall bear interest and be collected
by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes. The imposition
or collection of a penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter shall not constitute any bar to the right of the town to collect the
cost, as certified, for the removal of snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
[Added 3-26-1985 by Ord.
No. 85-4]
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to the penalty provided for in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-15.