[Adopted 3-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-02]
A.Â
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant or tenants of
premises, residential or commercial, abutting or bordering upon any
street in the Borough shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting
sidewalks of such streets 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, salt or other suitable materials within 12 hours
of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
B.Â
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 such portion of
the sidewalks or, in the case of ice which is impracticable to remove,
cover the same with sand, salt or other suitable materials within
12 hours of daylight after the same shall be formed or fall thereon.
No person, firm or corporation, owner, tenant or occupant of
any premises abutting on any street shall throw, place or deposit
any snow or ice into or upon any street in said Borough, 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 said person, upon the sidewalks
or streets of the Borough.
Any person who violates any section of this article shall be
subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more
than 90 days and/or a period of community service not to exceed 90
days. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate
and distinct violation, subject to the penalty provisions of this
article. Each separate rental unit that fails to conform to the provisions
of this article shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation
for each day that the violation occurs within the particular rental
unit.
