[Adopted 6-26-2003 by Ord. No. 241 (Ch. 21, Part 3, of the 1995 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
OCCUPANT
The tenant or tenants with respect to one-, two- or multifamily dwellings; the manager or person having care, custody or control of the building lot with respect to three-family or larger dwellings, commercial business, industrial premises, vacant lots or unoccupied buildings.
OWNER
The fee owner and/or contract purchaser of a building or lot as listed on the property records properly recorded in Montgomery County.
SIDEWALK
Any concrete, bituminous or other hard-surface sidewalk, path or walkway intended for public use.
TOWNSHIP
Lower Pottsgrove Township or its designee.
A. 
The owner or occupant of any building or lot abutting a public sidewalk is responsible for and shall remove any accumulation of snow, slush, ice and/or freezing rain from said public sidewalk within 24 hours after the snow, ice or freezing rain has ceased to fall, gather or accumulate.
B. 
The clearing of sidewalks may require continuous acts due to drifting, melting and other situations that require snow and ice to be removed more than once after a single storm.
C. 
All sidewalks shall be cleared to a minimum width of three feet. In the event the snow and/or ice cannot be removed without damaging the sidewalk, an application of sand, salt, cinders or other grit and deicing agents will be an acceptable substitute for clearing.
D. 
Following the clearing of any public sidewalk and during freezing conditions, applications of salt, cinders or other deicing agents shall be applied as necessary to ensure a safe, nonslip surface for pedestrian traffic.
E. 
Clearing of sidewalks shall also include any portion(s) of a driveway crossing a sidewalk area.
F. 
Any/all material removed from a sidewalk and driveway area may not be disposed of in the street, curb, gutter or storm inlet areas.
G. 
Should the owner or occupant fail to timely comply with the requirements of this section, said snow or ice may be removed by any officer, employer or contractor of the Township for such purpose, and the cost of such removal with an additional 10% penalty shall be collected from the defaulting owner, occupant or tenant in the form of a municipal lien claim as provided for by law and as permitted by the First Class Township Code.
[Added 1-24-2019 by Ord. No. 341]
Following the effective date of this article, it shall be unlawful to park, abandon or allow to be parked or abandoned any motor vehicle or other vehicle on or in part of a travel lane of any highway, street, road or right-of-way which is part of the PennDOT, Montgomery County and/or Township road system after the start of a snowfall and until the snow has stopped falling and the snow has been completely plowed for the full width of the cartway.
Any member of the Lower Pottsgrove Township Police Department is hereby authorized to have removed any vehicle abandoned or parked upon or in part of any travel lane of a public highway, street, road or right-of-way in violation of the terms and provisions of this article and to have said vehicle towed to the nearest safe facility. The registered owner of any such vehicle shall be notified of the fact of the removal and of the place to which said vehicle has been towed, where he or she may obtain the same upon payment of any and all towing and storage charges. Neither the Township nor any of its officers or employees shall be held responsible for any damage to any vehicle occurring as a result of towing and/or storage of a vehicle parked in violation of this article. The towing company shall be an approved vendor pursuant to the Lower Pottsgrove Township Police Department Standard Operating Procedures Manual.
If shall be unlawful for owners, occupants or tenants of property to dump, throw, shovel, pile or push any snow or ice removed from driveways, walkways or other private property into any public highway, street, road or public right-of-way.
Any owner or occupant violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to fines and penalties outlined in § 1502(2) of the First Class Township Code, not to exceed $1,000.