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Borough of Sellersville, PA
Bucks County
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[Adopted 8-10-1970 by Ord. No. 395; amended 7-7-1997 by Ord. No. 604; 9-12-2011 by Ord. No. 673]
Any person, association, firm, partnership, corporation or any other entity owning, possessing or occupying any property fronting upon or alongside of any of the streets in the Borough of Sellersville is hereby required to remove or cause to be removed from all of the sidewalks in front of or alongside of such property all snow or ice thereon fallen or formed within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or to form. A passageway with a minimum width of 30 inches the entire length of said sidewalks shall be deemed the minimum requirement to meet the safety needs of the inhabitants of the Borough.
No person, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, syndicate or private contractor shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or ice in the following places:
A. 
On or against a fire hydrant.
B. 
On any portion of a street.
C. 
On any place which this chapter or any other order, rule, regulation, resolution, ordinance or statute of the Borough of Sellersville or of any other rule- or law-making body whose jurisdiction extends in any way to the geographical area encompassed by the Borough of Sellersville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, requires to be kept clear of snow or ice.
D. 
On any parcel of real estate without the express permission of the owner of the parcel of real estate upon which the snow or ice is to be placed.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 130-14, Notice, was repealed 10-12-2015 by Ord. No. 703.
[Amended 10-12-2015 by Ord. No. 703]
In any case where any person, association, firm, partnership, corporation or any other entity owning, possessing or occupying any property shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this article within the time limit prescribed therein, the Borough authorities may proceed immediately to clear all snow and/or ice from the sidewalk of such delinquents, and to collect the expenses thereof, plus 10% from such owner which may be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed under this article. The minimum charge for the cost of removing the ice or snow shall be $300.
[Amended 10-12-2015 by Ord. No. 703]
This article shall be enforced by a criminal action in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. A person convicted of violating this article shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000 per violation, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough of Sellersville, or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. Violations of more than one provision of this article shall constitute separate violations. Each day that a violation of any provision of this article continues or occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
Any ordinance or part of an ordinance in conflict shall be and is hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict of same.