[Ord. 1/16/1952; as amended by Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; and by Ord. 1369-09, 11/9/2009, § 1]
As used in this Part 2D, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CARTWAY
Portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
HIGHWAY
Any State highway of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity.
SIDEWALK
Portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a cartway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
STREET
The entire width between the boundary line of a way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley, public way and public square.
[Ord. 1/16/1952; as amended by Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; and by Ord. 1369-09, 11/9/2009, § 2]
Every person who owns or is otherwise in charge or control of any building or lot of land fronting or abutting on a sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or licensee, shall remove and clear away or cause to be removed or cleared away snow and/or ice in order to create a path for the reasonably safe passage of pedestrians of at least 30 inches in width within so much of said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building or lot of land.
A. 
Except as provided in § 21-242B and C hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within 12 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain in the following areas of the Borough of Gettysburg:
Street
Between
Baltimore Street
Lincoln Square and Steinwehr Avenue
Buford Avenue
Chambersburg Street and West Race Horse Alley
Carlisle Street
Lincoln Square and Water Street
Chambersburg Street
Lincoln Square and Bream Alley
East High Street
Baltimore Street and South Stratton Street
East Middle Street
Baltimore Street and South Stratton Street
Lincoln Square
North Stratton Street
York Street and Railroad Street
North Washington Street
Chambersburg Street and Railroad Street
South Stratton Street
York Street and East High Street
South Washington Street
Chambersburg Street and West High Street
Steinwehr Avenue
Baltimore Street and South Washington Street
West High Street
Baltimore Street and South Washington Street
West Middle Street
Baltimore Street and South Washington Street
York Street
Lincoln Square and Liberty Street
B. 
Except as provided in § 21-242A and C hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within 24 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain in all remaining areas of the Borough of Gettysburg.
C. 
In the event snow and/or ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without the likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person charged with its removal, within the time provided for in § 21-242A or B hereof, as applicable, shall cause enough sand or other abrasive material to be applied to the sidewalk in order to make pedestrian travel reasonably safe; and shall, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause to be cleared a path within said sidewalk of at least 30 inches in width.
[Ord. 1/16/1952; as amended by Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; and by Ord. 1369-09, 11/9/2009, § 3]
Every person who owns or is otherwise in charge or control of any building or other structure, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or licensee 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 likely to fall on any sidewalk, street or highway. Such work shall be completed within a reasonable time after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain, but not later than the time frames provided for in § 21-242A and B above, as applicable.
[Ord. 1/16/1952; as amended by Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; and by Ord. 1369-09, 11/9/2009, § 4]
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or ice on or immediately next to a fire hydrant or on any street, highway, or sidewalk or any public loading or unloading areas, except that any person who is removing snow or ice from sidewalks in an area identified in § 21-242A hereof may deposit such snow and ice in the gutter area immediately adjacent to the curb of a street or highway or except that snow and ice may be mounded by the Borough of Gettysburg or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within the cartway of a street, highway, or sidewalk incident to the clearing and removal of snow or ice from streets, highways, or sidewalks thereof.
[Ord. 1/16/1952, § 3; as amended by Ord. 1369-09, 11/9/2009, § 5]
In the event any person fails to remove snow and/or ice as required by § 21-242 hereof or unlawfully deposits snow and/or ice in or on any sidewalks, streets or highways in violation of § 21-244 hereof, said snow and/or ice may be removed by the employees of the Borough and the cost thereof shall be paid by said person and collected as a municipal claim or as otherwise authorized by the Borough Code or any other statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, said costs to be in addition to any penalties hereinafter provided for in § 21-246.
[Ord. 1/16/1952; as amended by Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; as amended by Ord. 1236-99, 12/13/1999, § 1; and by Ord. 1369-09, 11/9/2009, § 6]
In addition to any costs § 21-245, any person who shall violate any provision of this Part 2D shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000. Every day that a violation of this Part 2D continues shall constitute a separate offense.