It shall be unlawful for any person, association, firm, partnership,
corporation or any other entity owning, possessing or occupying any
property along any dedicated or undedicated public street or alleyway
within the Borough of Girard to:
A. Deposit snow, ice, hail or sleet on the traveled cartway of any dedicated
or undedicated public street or alleyway within the Borough of Girard.
B. Fail to remove snow, ice, hail or sleet which may obstruct or impede
any fire hydrant, obscure visibility of any fire hydrant or obstruct
or impede access to any fire hydrant. Any responsible person physically
unable to remove snow, ice, hail or sleet which may obstruct or impede
any fire hydrant must notify the Borough office to make arrangements
to have the fire hydrant cleared.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Borough before a Magisterial District Judge, pay
a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, incurred by the Borough in the enforcement of this
article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Borough may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the Borough are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance
herewith.
Any matters referred to herein as being unlawful shall be declared
to be nuisances and removable as such. If the cost of such removal
is not promptly paid, a municipal lien shall be filed therefor or
such cost otherwise collected as authorized by law.