[Ord. 84-3, 6/13/1984, § 1; as amended by Ord. No. 2021-4, 12/8/2021]
1.
The owner of real property abutting or adjacent to any public sidewalk,
curb and/or gutter shall at all times keep the entire abutting or
adjacent section of the sidewalk, curb and gutter in good repair,
in a safe and sanitary condition, and free from obstructions interfering
with the free and full use of the same.
2.
The owner of real property abutting or adjacent to any public sidewalk
shall completely clear, or cause to be completely cleared, the full
width of the abutting or adjacent section of the sidewalk of snow
or ice within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or
form.
3.
The Township Manager or her designee may authorize the Township or
its contracted agent to remedy any violation of this Part, and the
cost of remedying the violation, with 10% additional, shall be collected
by the Township from the owner of the property. Such amount may be
charged in addition to any fine or penalty imposed under § 302
hereof. The remedy prescribed by this § 301C may commence
without notice but shall not commence prior to the accrual of three
violations by the owner of any provision of this Part.
4.
The Kingston Township Police Department, the Kingston Township Code
Enforcement Officer, and any person duly authorized by the Kingston
Township Manager, shall have the power and duty to enforce the provisions
of this Part.
[Ord. 84-3, 6/13/1984, § 2; as amended by Ord.
1985-1, 2/13/1985; and by Ord. 97-3, 11/12/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
