[Adopted 7-22-1973 by Ord. No. 239[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This legislation was included
as Ch. XXI, Part 2B, of the 1973 compilation.
The owner, occupant or tenant of every property
fronting upon or alongside any street in the Borough of Youngwood
is hereby required to remove or cause to be removed from all of the
sidewalks in front of or alongside such property all snow and ice
thereon fallen or formed, within 24 hours after the same shall have
ceased to fall or to be formed, provided that the owner of a property
shall be responsible for conforming to the requirements of this section
where such property is occupied by such owner or is vacant or unoccupied
or is a multiple-unit property, having more than one tenantable unit;
the tenant or occupier shall be responsible where the property is
composed of a single unit, occupied by such tenant or occupier only.
In any case where the owner, occupant or tenant, as aforesaid, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of § 107-16 within the time limit prescribed therein, the Borough authorities may proceed immediately to clear all snow and/or ice from the sidewalk of such delinquent, and to collect the expenses of such removal, with an additional amount of 10%, from such owner, occupant or tenant, which may be in addition to the penalty imposed under § 107-18.
[Amended 10-2-1989 by Ord. No. 365]
Any owner, occupant or tenant who shall fail to remove the snow and/or ice from any sidewalk as required by § 107-16 of this article shall be guilty of a violation of this article and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, provided that such fine and costs of prosecution may be in addition to the expenses, plus 10%, imposed as provided in § 107-17.
