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Borough of Harrington Park, NJ
Bergen County
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The owner or occupant of premises abutting any flagstone or concrete sidewalk shall maintain such sidewalk at all times in a good and passable condition at a grade which will prevent water accumulating thereon and shall replace any flagstones which become broken and shall maintain the flagstones so that the joints thereof are even. The surface of all concrete sidewalks shall be kept properly roughened so as not to become smooth and slippery.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 44-21, Permit requirements; fees, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658.
In case any sidewalk becomes out of repair, the owner or occupant of the lands abutting such sidewalk shall forthwith, upon receipt of written notice from the Code Enforcement Official or, in their absence, the Construction Code Official, repair or cause the same to be repaired and made in a good and passable condition conforming with the requirements of § 297-13 of this article.[2]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
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Editor's Note: Original § 44-23, Openings for leader drains; fee for permit, and § 44-24, Gutters; consent for bridging, etc., required, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658.
No person shall place any bridging over any gutter or any pipe or other obstruction in any gutter without first having secured the consent of the Mayor and Council.
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No person shall place or permit to be placed upon any sidewalk or sidewalk area any object or thing that shall in any manner encumber or obstruct such sidewalk or sidewalk area or render travel upon such sidewalk or sidewalk area dangerous or unsafe.
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No steps, walls, fences, driveway curbs or similar features shall extend into the sidewalk area, nor shall hedges or shrubbery be permitted to project into a sidewalk area so as to obstruct pedestrian traffic.
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No person shall place or maintain any drop awning extending over any sidewalk which when lowered shall be less than seven feet above such sidewalk.
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Temporary awnings may be erected across a sidewalk and permitted to remain for a period not exceeding 24 hours, provided that the same shall be securely fastened and shall be so arranged as to permit travel along the sidewalk.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 44-27, Curbs, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658.