[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
(now Township Council) of the Township of East Hanover 12-21-1978 as Ord. No.
27-1978. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-5-1981 by Ord. No. 2-1981]
A.
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant
or tenants of improved or unimproved premises abutting upon any public
streets or roadway within the Township of East Hanover shall remove
all snow, hail, sleet or ice from the full width of sidewalks abutting
a respective premises within 24 hours after the termination of any
snowfall or accumulation of hail, sleet or ice which occurs. In the
event that ice may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable,
the owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant or tenants of the
abutting premises shall cause the sidewalk to be fairly covered with
sand, ashes, sawdust, cinders or rock salt within 24 hours of the
accumulation of such ice.
B.
In case a building is occupied by more than one family
or business unit, or in the case of a building with more than one
story to which the public is invited for business purposes, then the
tenant or occupant of the first floor story thereof is hereby required
to remove all snow, hail, sleet or ice from the driveways, parking
areas, walkways, steps and fire hydrants located upon such property
within 24 hours after the termination of any snowfall or accumulation
of the above substances occurs. In the event that ice may be so frozen
as to make removal impracticable, the owner shall cause the walkways
and steps to be thoroughly covered with sand, ashes, sawdust, cinders
or rock salt within 24 hours after the termination of the accumulation
of such ice.
C.
No owner or operator of premises having parking spaces
reserved for handicapped drivers and no tenant, contractor or other
person may block access to such parking stalls reserved for handicapped
drivers by plowing, piling or the placement of snow or ice in such
spaces.
[Added 12-1-1994 by Ord. No. 37-1994]
[Amended 2-5-1981 by Ord. No. 2-1981]
No person, firm or corporation or the owner,
tenant or occupant of any premises abutting any street shall throw,
place or deposit any snow or ice into or upon any street, sidewalk,
gutter or roadway or move or cause to be moved any snow or ice so
as to obstruct any fire hydrant, Fire Department standpipe or wall
hydrant in said township. It is the intent and purpose of this provision
to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing
snow and ice which accumulates within the private property belonging
to said persons upon the sidewalks, gutters or streets and roadways
of the Township of East Hanover.
[Amended 2-5-1981 by Ord. No. 2-1981]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for
a period not exceeding 90 days, or both, for each and every offense.
Each and every twenty-four-hour period that such violation continues
shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.
All members of the Township of East Hanover
Police Department, all special officers and all members of the Township
Department of Public Works are authorized to file complaints for violations
of this chapter.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority
confirmed by N.J.S.A. 40:65-12.
