[Adopted 4-7-1964 by Ord. No. 5-64 (Ch. 91, Art. II, of
the 1972 Code)]
A.Â
Each owner and tenant of land abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks
of any streets or public places shall keep the sidewalks in front
of his premises in a safe, passable and orderly condition, free from
snow, ice, grass, weeds or other impediments. In case there is snow
or ice on the sidewalks, such persons shall remove the same within
24 hours of daylight after the snow shall have ceased falling or after
the ice has formed.
B.Â
In addition, lands and premises which consist of semipublic or private
roads, streets, parking areas or other premises open to or used by
tenants or employees of the owner thereof or upon which the owner
or commercial tenants of the owner invite members of the public shall
be kept passable and in orderly condition, free of snow, ice, grass,
weeds or other impediments. In the event that there is snow or ice
on such premises or places, the owner thereof shall remove the same
within 24 hours of daylight after the snow shall have ceased falling
or after the ice has formed. Such premises or places to which the
public, tenants or employees are invited shall include but shall not
be limited to the following: store or shopping center parking lots;
parking lots and accessways used in connection with commercial endeavors;
apartment parking lots, driveways and accessways provided for and
used by tenants of such apartments; and all other types of premises
to which the public is invited for business or commercial purposes.
[Added 3-14-1978 by Ord. No. 13-78]
C.Â
The owner
or developer of any residential property within the Township where
there has been constructed any private street, highway, lane, alley
or other roadway which is open to the public or to which the public
is invited, and which has not been taken over by the Township, shall
be responsible to remove all snow and ice from such street, highway,
lane, alley or other roadway within 24 hours of daylight after the
same shall fall or be formed thereon. The provisions of this subsection
of the Code shall be applicable only to the owner of real property
on which there has been constructed a housing development containing
at least one occupied dwelling.
[Added 2-14-2012 by Ord. No. 02-12]
D.Â
Violations of § 372-7C and enforcement of penalties. In addition to the penalties as provided in § 372-10 of this article, if any owner or developer fails to comply with the regulations set forth within § 372-7, Subsection C, of this article, the Township may provide for the removal of such snow or ice from such street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway. The cost of removal of any such snow or ice from any privately owned street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway by the Township shall be certified to the governing body of the Township by the Department of Public Works. The governing body shall examine such certificate and, if found to be correct, shall, by resolution accepting certification of same, cause such cost to be charged against such real property, and the amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon such real property and be added to and be part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon and enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.
[Added 2-14-2012 by Ord. No. 02-12]
E.Â
Township's
removal of snow and ice on private roads or streets not taken over
by the Township. The Township, at its discretion, may elect to repair
and maintain and provide for the removal of snow, ice and other obstructions
from, and provide for the lighting of, any roads or streets upon which
the travel is sufficient, in the opinion of said governing body, to
warrant such expenditures, even though such roads or streets shall
not have been taken over by said municipal governing body or dedicated
and accepted as public highways. The municipality may also provide
for the curbside collection of solid waste along such streets, or
for the reimbursement of such solid waste collection costs as the
municipality may determine to have been reasonably incurred by persons
residing adjacent to such streets. Roads or streets so serviced, which
are not shown on the Official Map of the municipality, may, at the
option of the governing body of said municipality, be suitably improved
in accordance with any requirements established pursuant to Article
5 of the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L. 1975, c. 291, Sections 23
through 27 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 to 40:55D-36), and this article.
[Added 2-14-2012 by Ord. No. 02-12]
[Amended 9-12-2017 by Ord. No. 20-17]
No person shall encumber or obstruct any street or public place
with any article or thing whatsoever.
No person shall throw, put or place into, upon or within any
street or public place any substance, matter or thing whatsoever,
whereby the safe, free or unobstructed use of the same by the public
may be in anywise impeded or interfered with.
[Amended 12-5-1972 by Ord. No. 34-72; 4-24-1979 by Ord. No. 12-79; 2-14-2012 by Ord. No. 02-12]
Any person who shall violate any of the terms or provisions
of this article shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $100
and not to exceed $2,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed
90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge before whom such
conviction may be had.
