[Adopted 2-3-1925 as Ord. No. XIII; amended in its entirety 7-15-2013 by Ord. No.
7-13]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the accumulation of
snow on or adjacent to or in front of any and all properties situate
in the Borough of Brooklawn after the expiration of 24 hours from
the time of the cessation of the precipitation.
B.
A thirty-inch-wide path cleared as required hereunder shall be deemed
compliance with this section.
No person, firm or corporation or the owner, tenant or occupant
of any premises abutting on any street shall throw, place or deposit
any snow or ice onto any street in said Borough, it being the intent
and purpose of this provision to prohibit all persons from throwing,
casting, placing or depositing snow and ice which accumulated within
the private property belonging to said person upon the sidewalks or
streets of the Borough of Brooklawn.
In case such snow or ice shall not be removed from such sidewalks or shall be cast, deposited thereon or placed upon said sidewalks or said street by the owner or owners, tenant or tenants or occupant of any premises as provided in §§ 124-7 and 124-8 hereof, the same shall be removed forthwith under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works of the Borough of Brooklawn, and the cost of such removal as nearly as can be ascertained by said Superintendent of Public Works shall be chargeable to the person or persons responsible for said removal. The imposition and collection of a fine or fines imposed by the provisions of this article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Borough to collect the cost for the removal of said snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the growth of
weeds on any portion or parts of a sidewalk or pavement on, adjacent
to or in front of properties in the Borough of Brooklawn.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any obstruction
of any sidewalk or pavement on, adjacent to or in front of any property
in the Borough of Brooklawn.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the Borough of Brooklawn, or such other court having jurisdiction, shall be liable for penalties as provided in Chapter 1, § 1-15, of the Code of the Borough of Brooklawn. The continuation of such violation for each succesive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person violating same may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any owner, tenant or tenants or occupants of properties within
the Borough of Brooklawn, and such owner tenant or tenants or occupants,
whether they are individuals or a partnership or corporation, shall
each be jointly responsible under this article with the other. All
such persons shall be responsible for all acts of their agents or
servants.
