[Ord. 371, 8/19/1958; as amended by Ord. 829, 11/15/2001]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
Any day not a Sunday or a national holiday.
Hours between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any business day.
Portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
Natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
any other legal entity.
Portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral
lines of a cartway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for
use by pedestrians.
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.
[Ord. 371, 8/19/1958; as amended by Ord. 829, 11/15/2001;
by Ord. 957, 5/15/2014]
Every property owner of a building or lot of land shall be responsible
for the removal of snow and/or ice from a public sidewalk (as defined
in § 401), clearing a path of at least 30 inches in width,
including the access to a public street or alley.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection B hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within 12 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, cat litter or other abrasive material 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 30 inches in width.
[Ord. 371, 8/19/1958; as amended by Ord. 829, 11/15/2001]
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, roadway, or other public way. Such work shall
be completed within a reasonable time, but not later than 12 hours
after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain.
[Ord. 371, 8/19/1958; as amended by Ord. 829, 11/15/2001]
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, roadway
or loading and unloading areas of a public transportation system,
except that snow and ice may be mounded by the Borough on public cartways
incident to the cleaning thereof or mounded on curbs incident to the
clearing of sidewalks in business districts.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 305, Penalties (Ord. 371,
8/19/1958, as amended by Ord. 829, 11/15/2001, which immediately followed
this Section, was repealed by Ord. 957, 5/15/2014.
