[Derived from Sec. 3-8 of the 2003 Revised General Ordinances]
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant or tenants
of premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the Township
of Willingboro shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks
of those streets or, in the case of ice which may be so frozen as
to make removal impracticable, shall cause the sidewalks to be thoroughly
covered with sand or ashes within 24 hours after the snow shall fall
or the ice shall be formed thereon. In case the building is occupied
by more than one family or business unit, then the tenant or occupant
of the first floor or story thereof is hereby required to remove all
snow and ice from the portion of the sidewalks or, in the case of
ice which it is impracticable to remove, cover the sidewalks with
sand or ashes within 24 hours after the snow shall fall or the ice
shall be formed thereon.
No owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting on any
street shall throw, place or deposit 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 accumulates within the private property belonging
to the person upon the sidewalks or streets of the Township of Willingboro.
In case the snow or ice shall not be removed from the sidewalks
or shall be cast or deposited thereon or placed upon the sidewalks
or the street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises as
hereinabove provided, the snow or ice shall be removed forthwith and
under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works, and the
cost of the removal as nearly as can be ascertained shall be certified
by the Superintendent of Public Works to the Township Manager. The
Manager shall examine the certification and, if found to be correct,
shall cause the cost to be charged against the real estate so abutting
or bordering upon the sidewalks, and the amount so charged shall forthwith
become a lien and a tax upon the real estate or land and shall be
added to, recorded and collected in the same way and manner as the
taxes next to be levied and assessed upon the premises and shall bear
interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in
the same manner as other taxes. The imposition and collection of a
fine or fines or any other penalty for violations of any of the provisions
of this article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township
of Willingboro to collect the cost, as certified, for the removal
of snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
