The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of land abutting or bordering
upon the sidewalks of the public streets in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus
shall remove all ice and snow from the portion of such sidewalks whereon
such lands abut or border within 24 hours after daylight after the
same shall be formed or fall thereon, and all grass, weeds and other
impediments therefrom within three days after notice to remove the
same.
[Added 2-22-2011 by Ord.
No. 981]
No person, owner or tenant of any premises abutting on any street
shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice into or upon any street
in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, except such as falls upon or is formed
upon that portion of the property so abutting said street lying within
the sidewalk lines thereof. No person shall throw, place or deposit
snow or ice into or upon the property of another person without the
property owner's express permission. It is the intent and purpose
of this section to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing
or depositing snow and ice which accumulated within the private property
belonging to said persons upon the sidewalks or streets of the Borough
or upon other real property without the owner's permission.
[Amended 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 981]
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks who shall neglect to remove all ice and snow from the portion of such sidewalk whereon such lands abut or border, and all grass and weeds and other impediments as required by §
61-1 of this article, or such other person or persons properly charged for the commission of such work, where such violation has been committed or shall exist, who refuse to abate said violation within the times hereinbefore prescribed after having been notified in person or in writing by the Police Department or other official of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus properly charged with the enforcement thereof, shall be subject to a fine of $50. Any person, including the owner or owners, tenant or tenants, throwing, placing or depositing snow and ice into or upon any street in the Borough shall be subject to a fine of up to $500, in the discretion of the Judge. Each and every day that such violation continues after such notice shall be considered a separate and specific violation of this article and not as a continuing offense, and the penalty hereinbefore provided shall be enforced in the proper court to punish said offender for such violation.
[Amended 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 981]
All other provisions of this article which are not affected
by Ordinance No. 981 are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain
in full force and effect. However, all ordinances or parts of ordinances
which are inconsistent with the provisions of Ordinance No. 981 are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
[Added 2-22-2011 by Ord.
No. 981]
If any portion of this article is adjudged unconstitutional
or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall
not affect or invalidate the remainder of this article, but shall
be confined in its effect to the provision directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
[Amended 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 981]
This chapter shall take effect upon passage and publication
as required by law.