[Adopted 11-14-1994 by Ord. No. 1075]
This article shall be known and cited as "Borough of Tyrone
Snow Removal Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context:
Portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder and sidewalk
area.
Natural individual, partnership, corporation, association,
or any other legal entity.
Portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral
lines of a cartway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for
use by pedestrians. "Sidewalk" shall include any paved or improved
footway or unpaved grass area intended for pedestrian use.
The entire width between the boundary lines of a way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
Every person in charge or control of any building or lot of
land fronting or abutting on a sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant,
occupant, lessee, or otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause
to be removed or cleared away snow and/or ice from a path of at least
32 inches in width from so much of said sidewalk as is in front of
or abuts on said building or lot of land.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection B hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalk within 24 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain.
B.
In the event snow and/or ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person charged with its removal shall, within the time mentioned in Subsection A hereof, cause enough sand or other abrasive to be put on the sidewalk to make travel reasonably safe and shall, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause to be cleared a path in said sidewalk of at least 32 inches in width.
Every person in charge or control of any building or other structure,
whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise, shall remove
and clear away or cause to be removed and cleared away any accumulation
of snow and ice on said building or other structure which is liable
to fall on any sidewalk, cartway, or other public way. Such work shall
be completed within a reasonable time, but not later than 24 hours
after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet, or freezing rain.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or
ice on or immediately next to a fire hydrant or on any sidewalk, cartway,
or loading and unloading areas of a public transportation system,
except that snow and ice may be mounded by the Borough of Tyrone on
public cartways incident to the clearing thereof.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not less than
$25 and not more than $600 and, in default of payment, to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
