It shall be the duty of the owner and occupant, jointly and
severally, of every parcel of real estate adjoining a public sidewalk,
whether the parcel of real estate is occupied by a structure or not,
to keep such sidewalks adjoining such property free from snow and
ice and for the full paved width of such sidewalk.
Snow and ice shall be removed within 24 hours after the end
of a snowfall. Sidewalks in front of commercial establishments and
commercial parking lots shall be kept free of snow and ice at all
times between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
In case snow and ice on any sidewalk shall be frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the sidewalk, it shall, within the time specified in § 135-9, be strewn and kept strewn with ashes, sand, sawdust or other suitable material so as to be no longer dangerous to life and limb. As soon as practical thereafter, the sidewalk shall be completely cleared of snow, ice and other materials strewn thereon, as provided in this chapter.
Whenever the owner or occupant of every parcel of real estate
adjoining a public sidewalk fails to remove the snow and ice from
such sidewalk adjoining such property within the time specified in
this chapter or within four hours after notice of the Superintendent
of Streets of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson to remove same, the
Street Superintendent may remove said snow or ice from such sidewalk
and notify the Village Clerk of the expense incurred by the amount
of labor, equipment and materials used.
The Village Clerk shall promptly present to the owner or occupant
of each parcel a bill for the removal of snow and ice as certified
by the Superintendent of Streets. If not paid within 30 days, the
cost thereof shall be assessed against the property and become a lien
thereon, collectible in the same manner as delinquent village taxes.
The owners and occupants of buildings adjacent to public sidewalks
shall prevent the falling of snow, ice or water from such buildings
upon said public sidewalks.
No person, firm or corporation shall deposit, throw, place or
strew, nor shall any person, firm or corporation cause to be deposited,
thrown, placed or strewn, any snow or ice upon any street, avenue
or roadway within the Village.
A.Â
No person, firm or corporation shall pile, gather up, plow up or
in any way force any snow or ice upon any street, avenue or roadway
within the Village or from one street, avenue or roadway onto any
other street, avenue or roadway within the Village.
B.Â
No person, firm or corporation shall pile, gather up, plow up or
in any way force any snow or ice upon any terrace or parcel of land
within six feet of any street, avenue or roadway in such a manner
as to cause the height of the snow and ice so piled, gathered, plowed
or forced to exceed three feet six inches in height above the existing
natural grade of said terrace or parcel of land within six feet to
said street, except that it shall be unlawful to cover a fire hydrant
with snow or ice.
C.Â
No person, firm, corporation, property owner or occupant shall remove
snow or ice from any parcel of real estate and place it upon another
parcel of real estate without the express permission of the owner
of the parcel of real estate upon which the snow or ice is to be placed.
A.Â
There is hereby declared an emergency to exist in the Village by
reason of a heavy snowstorm whenever snow falls during any period
of 24 hours or less to a depth of 2Â 1/2 inches or more, in that
such storm constitutes a serious public hazard impairing transportation,
the movement of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health
and police protection and other vital facilities of the Village. Such
an emergency is declared to continue for a period of 24 hours or until
such earlier time as snowplowing operations have been declared completed
by the Superintendent of Streets of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson.
B.Â
Whenever such an emergency exists and the Superintendent of Streets
of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson shall have caused announcement
thereof to be made by the local radio station, whose normal operating
range covers the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, it shall be unlawful
for any person to park or suffer to be parked any vehicle of any kind
or description upon any street, avenue or roadway in the Village,
provided that vehicles may be parked for a period of time not longer
than three minutes for actual loading of passengers or 30 minutes
for actual loading or unloading of property, provided further that
no other ordinance or local law restricting parking as to place or
time is violated thereby.
[Amended 9-19-2005 by L.L. No. 4-2005]
