[Adopted 5-13-1970 as Sec. 4-7 of the 1970 Revised General Ordinances (Ch.
281, Art. I, of the 1992 Code)]
The owners of lands abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks
of the public streets, roads, avenues and highways in the Borough
shall remove or cause to be removed from the sidewalks in front of
or bordering on their lands all snow or ice within 12 hours of daylight
after it shall fall or be formed thereon. In the event of ice which
may be so frozen as to make removal impractical, sand, sawdust, ashes,
salt or other harmless substance shall be applied to the portion not
removed and, as soon as possible thereafter, the remainder shall be
removed, together with any substance which has been applied to it.
In case the owner of any land abutting or bordering upon any
public street, road, avenue or highway in the Borough shall neglect
or refuse to remove the snow or ice within the time provided, it shall
then be the duty of the Police Department to patrol the Borough and
report all such violations. The report shall give the name and address
of the owner and location of the property. It shall then be the duty
of the Superintendent of Public Works or the officer having charge
of the public highways, streets, roads and avenues of the Borough
to remove the snow or ice or cause it to be removed.
The cost for removing snow and ice from any sidewalk shall be
certified by the Superintendent of Public Works to the Council, which
shall examine the certificate and cause the cost to be charged against
the lands abutting or bordering the sidewalk. The amount so charged
shall become a lien upon the lands and shall be added to the taxes
to be assessed and levied on the lands and be collected and enforced
according to law.[1]
[Added 2-16-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-03]
No owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting any street,
nor any person working for or on behalf of any owner, tenant or occupant,
shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice upon the public street
in front of their property or upon any municipal fire hydrant. The
intent of this section is to prohibit all persons from throwing, placing
or depositing snow or ice from the private driveway, parking areas
or on the sidewalk in front of the property, upon the municipal street
or sidewalks of the Borough or upon any municipal fire hydrant.
