[Adopted 9-10-1919 by Ord. No. 2]
[Amended 3-17-2011 by Ord. No. 454]
All obstructions upon the sidewalks and streets in the Township
of Alloway shall be removed therefrom by the owners of the premises
in front of which such obstructions shall exist, said removal to be
at the expense of such owners. Should any owner or possessor fail,
neglect or refuse within 12 hours of daylight after a snowfall after
receiving notice to remove any obstruction, encroachment or nuisance,
whether or not the same is due to the deposit upon said street or
sidewalk of snow, ice or dirt, then and in that event the said owner
may be deemed guilty of a violation of this article and subject to
fine as hereinafter provided.
No owner of any property in the Township of Alloway shall obstruct
the sidewalk, street, gutters or curbs in front of his premises in
any manner so as to interfere with the travel along and across said
road, street or sidewalk or to interfere with the proper drainage
of said road, street or sidewalk, and every such owner shall, within
10 days after receiving notice from the Township Committee or from
the Road Supervisor of the said township to remove such obstruction,
at his own proper cost and charge, remove same forthwith, and failing
to so comply with said notice, he shall be liable to the penalty hereinafter
prescribed.
Bicycles may not be ridden upon the sidewalks in the Township
of Alloway upon any pretext, and any person or persons acting against
this provision of this Article may be and is hereby declared to be
liable to the penalty hereinafter provided.
In addition to the imposition of the penalty provided in this
Article for the failure on the part of an owner to remove obstructions
from his sidewalk or gutter or the street in front of his premises,
the Township Committee or the Road Supervisor of said township may
cause the said obstructions to be removed or the nuisance abated,
keeping an accurate account of the cost of same; and upon the completion
of the removal of said obstruction or the abatement of said nuisance,
said account having been presented to such property owner, if the
said account is not forthwith paid to the said Township Committee
or the Road Supervisor, then it shall and may be lawful for the Township
Committee to recover from such delinquent owner the cost to which
it has been put in removal of the obstruction or the abatement of
the nuisance in an action on contract in a court of competent jurisdiction
in this township.
Any person, persons or corporation violating any provision of
this Article shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not
less than $5 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or both.
