It shall be unlawful to:
A.
Cast, throw or spill dirt, sand, ashes, gravel, brick,
stones, wastepaper, lumber or other similar loose material on a Borough
road.
B.
Mix dry or wet concrete, cement or plaster of any
kind or description on the surface of a Borough road.
C.
Spill turpentine, kerosene, gasoline, petroleum, lubricating
oil or other highly flammable oils or their volatile products, or
allow such fluids to escape, on the surface of a Borough road; or
operate a tank truck or other vehicle from which fluids are permitted
to escape.
D.
Flush or cause to be drained or pumped to the surface
of a Borough road wastewater or fluid of any kind.
E.
Place or cause to be placed on a Borough road a permanent
or temporary obstruction of any kind.
F.
Burn leaves or any other material on a Borough road
which may cause sufficient heat to affect asphalt pavement.[1]
G.
Post or affix any sign, advertisement, notice, poster, paper, device,
or other matter to any public utility pole, shade tree, lamp post,
curbstone, sidewalk, or upon any public structure or building, except
as may be authorized or required by law.
[Added 10-1-2015 by Ord.
No 16-15]
[Added 4-10-1996 by Ord. No. 2-96]
Any person, including an owner, tenant or occupant
of lands abutting or bordering a public street, shall be prohibited
from placing or depositing snow or ice on such public street. The
owner, tenant or occupant shall be strictly liable and responsible
for the conduct of any contractor, subcontractor or hiree that is
contrary to the requirements of this section.
[Added 12-3-2009 by Ord. No. 11-09]
A.
The
owner or owners or tenant or tenants of lands abutting or bordering
upon the sidewalks of the public streets in the Borough shall remove
or cause to be removed from the sidewalks, for a width of at least
two feet of the paved portion of the sidewalk in front of or bordering
on the lands, all snow and ice from the same within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall be formed or fallen thereon.
C.
In the
event any owner or tenant of land abutting or bordering the sidewalks
of the public streets in the Borough shall fail to remove or cause
to be removed snow and ice therefrom in accordance with the provisions
of this section, in such event same may be removed by the Borough
under the direction of the Department of Public Works or such other
person or agency as designated by the Mayor and Council. The cost
of such removal, as nearly as can be ascertained, shall be charged
against the lands abutting or bordering the sidewalks from which removal
is made and, with the interest thereon, shall forthwith become a lien
upon said lands and shall be added to and form a part of the taxes
to be levied and assessed upon said lands and shall be certified to
the Tax Collector of the Borough and shall be collected in the same
manner and at the same time as other taxes.
D.
No person
in any manner shall obstruct or prevent free access to any fire hydrant
or place or store, temporarily or otherwise, any object, material,
snow, debris or structure of any kind within a distance of five feet
of any fire hydrant. Any such obstructions, when discovered, shall
be removed at once by the Department of Public Works at the expense
of the person responsible for the obstruction. The owner or owners
of any real property in the Borough upon which any fire hydrant is
located shall maintain the area within a five-foot radius of the perimeter
of any such fire hydrant free of snow. The removal of snow and/or
ice shall be completed within 12 hours of daylight after the snow
has formed or fallen on or around any hydrant. The foregoing requirements
shall also be applicable to any owner or owners of any real property
which adjoins a fire hydrant located in a right-of-way.
[Added 10-6-2011 by Ord. No. 8-11; amended 12-28-2015 by Ord. No. 18-15]
A.
A person erecting a residential, business or industrial
structure on land abutting on a Borough road shall provide adequate
drainage facilities, approved by the Engineer, to prevent surface
and other waters from flowing from the buildings and improvements
on the land to the Borough road.
B.
A person changing the contour of land adjacent to
a Borough road which causes an increased or concentrated flow of surface
water to run from the land to the Borough road shall provide adequate
drainage facilities, approved by the Borough Engineer, to prevent
the surface water from flowing onto the road.
No person shall alter the surface of land immediately
adjacent to the paved portion of a Borough road or establish any curbline
in front of property abutting on any Borough road without obtaining
the approval of the Engineer. As a condition to such approval, the
applicant shall be required to pave the widened portion of the roadway,
at his own expense, between the existing pavement and the new curbline
in conformity with specifications prescribed by the Engineer.
[Amended 5-8-1986 by Ord. No. 8-86]
The Director of the Department of Public Works
and the Police Department are each independently charged with the
enforcement of this article. The Director of the Department of Public
Works shall have the power to compel the removal of any obstruction
placed on a Borough road which is in violation of this article.
