[Adopted 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6 (Ch. 102, Art. II, of
the 1976 Code)]
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants, of any land abutting
upon the public highways of the Township of Berlin are required to
remove all snow and ice on abutting sidewalks and gutters of said
property within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall have fallen
or been formed thereon.
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of all lands abutting
on any highway in the Township of Berlin shall remove all grass, weeds
and impediments from the abutting sidewalks and gutters of such highway
within three days after notice to remove the same, and shall remove
all grass, weeds and impediments from the portion of any highway abutting
on said lands within the same time.
[Amended 7-24-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-10]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than $500. The continuation of such violation for
each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person
or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
In lieu of the imposition of a fine as provided in § 289-34,
said snow, ice or weeds, as the case may be, may be removed from the
sidewalks and gutters under the direction of the Highway Department
of said Township, in which case the cost of said removal shall be
certified to the Mayor and Council, which shall examine the certificate
and, if it is found correct, shall cause the costs as shown thereon
to be charged against the lands abutting or bordering such sidewalk
or gutter, and said cost shall become a lien upon such land and shall
be added to and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied
upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes,
and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the
same manner as taxes.
