[Adopted 3-6-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5; amended in its entirety 10-20-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-011]
The owner of commercial premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks of such streets, or in the case of ice, which may also be so frozen as to make removal impractical, shall cause the same to be fairly covered with sand or deicing material, within 12 hours after the conclusion of the storm.
A. 
No person shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice into or upon any street in the Township, it being the intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow and ice which accumulated within the private property belonging to such person upon the sidewalks or streets of the Township.
B. 
Handicapped parking spaces. No person, firm, corporation or partnership or the owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any premises having parking spaces reserved for handicapped drivers or any contractor employed for the removal of snow and ice shall block access to parking spaces reserved for handicapped drivers by the plowing, piling or placement of snow and ice in such reserved spaces.
A. 
Any resident of the Township, all members of the Department of Police, all special officers, all members of the Department of Public Works and the Zoning Officer are authorized to file complaints for violations of this article and shall be certified by a Township "enforcement official" as further set forth in this article.
B. 
Investigation and enforcement of this article will normally occur after the storm event. Complaints must be issued within 30 days of the violation.
A. 
In case any such owner of any commercial premises abutting or bordering on any street in the Township of West Milford shall fail to remove such ice and snow from such sidewalks as provided in § 332-35 of this article, the enforcement official or such other officer of the Township as the Township Council may have designated may cause said ice and snow to be removed from said sidewalk by Township employees or contractors, and the cost and expense incurred or paid for such removal shall be certified by the enforcement official and submitted to the Township Council of the Township of West Milford, and, upon approval of said amount by the Township Council, the same shall be certified to the Tax Collector and shall thereupon become and be a lien upon said premises as of the date of such certification by the Township Council and shall be added to, recorded and collected with and in the same manner as real estate taxes assessed and levied upon said premises.
B. 
The cost and expense of removal of such ice and snow provided for in this section shall be separate and distinct from any fines and court costs which may be imposed and collected under § 332-39 of this article.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable for a penalty as set forth in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, of the Township Code.
The regulations set forth under § 332-35 of this article shall not be applicable when the National Weather Service, Governor or the Mayor has declared a snow emergency throughout the Township.