[Adopted 10-25-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-17; amended in its entirety
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting or bordering upon
any street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the
abutting sidewalks of such streets and from any fire hydrant located
on the property or, in the case of ice which may be so frozen as to
make removal impracticable, shall cause the same to be thoroughly
covered with sand or ashes within 24 hours after the snowfall or formation
thereof.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove snow or ice from any
private property and place the same onto the sidewalk or roadway of
any street.
The Police Department of the Township of Eastampton is hereby
designated as the enforcement official in connection with the regulations
established under this article.
A.
Removal; cost certification. In case such snow or ice shall not be removed from such sidewalks or fire hydrants or shall be cast, deposited thereon or placed upon said sidewalks, said fire hydrants or said street by the owner or owners, tenant or tenants, occupant or occupants of any said premises as provided for in § 456-13, the same shall be removed forthwith and under the direction of the Department of Public Works, and the cost of such removal as nearly as can be ascertained shall be certified by the Public Works Department to the governing body.
B.
Council review; collection. The Township Council shall examine such
certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to
be charged against such real estate so abutting or bordering upon
such sidewalks and fire hydrants, and the amount so charged shall
forthwith become a lien and a tax upon such real estate or land and
be added to, recorded and collected in the same way and manner as
the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon such premises and shall
bear interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and
in the same manner as other taxes.
C.
No bar. The imposition and collection of a fine or fines imposed
by the provisions of this article shall not constitute any bar to
the right of the Township of Eastampton to collect the cost as certified
for the removal of said snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
This article is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred
by N.J.S.A. 40:65-12.
