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.
[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.