[Amended 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1,275, effective 12-9-2001]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, cause to be placed,
maintain or suffer, or cause to be maintained or suffered, in or upon
any public sidewalk, street or other form of public easement any object,
thing or obstruction of any kind in such manner as to interfere with
the use of the easement by the general public.
B. The provisions of Subsection
A shall particularly apply but shall not be limited to boxes, crates, displays of merchandise or produce, carts and the like.
C. Persons who store vehicles or apparatus of any nature which either
encroaches directly upon a public sidewalk or parts of which project
over the sidewalk shall be deemed to be in violation of this section.
D. Articles placed in the easement in the course of the making of commercial
pickups or deliveries shall be exempted from the provisions of this
section, provided that such article shall be removed from the easement
within a reasonable time.
E. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, and/or business
entity to throw, shovel, plow or otherwise deposit any amount of snow
and/or ice in or upon any street in the Borough.
[Added 5-25-2014 by Ord.
No. 8-14, effective 6-8-2014]
The owner or tenant of any land abutting a public highway, street
or avenue in the Borough shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting
sidewalks of such public highway, street or avenue within 12 hours
of daylight after the same shall fall or otherwise be formed or accumulate
thereon.
The owner or tenant of any land abutting upon a public highway,
street or avenue in the Borough shall remove all grass, weeds, hedges,
bushes, low-hanging branches and other impediments from the abutting
sidewalks, side lines or gutters of such highways within three days
after written notice to remove the same and shall remove all grass,
weeds, hedges, bushes, low-hanging branches and other impediments
from the portion of any public highway, street or avenue which shall
be a hindrance to or obstruct the view of operators of vehicles using
such public highway, street or avenue within three days after written
notice to remove the same.
[Added 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1,275, effective 12-9-2001]
A. All persons owning or occupying residential property which has located
thereon or abutting thereto any public or private sidewalks which
are used by and/or are open to the general public shall be required
to maintain, construct, replace and repair the same in a workmanlike
state of maintenance and repair. All holes, cracks, excavations, or
uneven pavement in sidewalks shall be maintained, filled, repaired
or replaced as necessary, walks and steps repaired and other conditions
removed where necessary to eliminate ground surface hazards or unsanitary
conditions with reasonable dispatch upon their discovery. It shall
be the responsibility of owners and occupants of residential property
to take reasonable steps to discover any such ground surface hazards
or unsanitary conditions which may exist on sidewalks on their premises
or abutting thereto.
B. The owner, tenant or occupant of residential property which has located
thereon or abutting thereto any public or private sidewalk shall remove,
abate, or repair any violations or unsafe conditions within 10 days
after written notice. Pending removal, abatement, or repair, the owner,
tenant, or occupant of such property shall install and maintain on
such sidewalks sufficient warning signals or devices to protect or
warn the general public of the ground surface hazards or unsanitary
conditions located thereon.
[Amended 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1,275, effective 12-9-2001]
If the owner, tenant or occupant of any land abutting upon a public highway, street, avenue or sidewalk of the Borough shall violate the provisions of §
408-2,
408-3 or
408-4 and, after due notice thereof, shall fail, refuse or neglect to remove, repair or abate any such violations or conditions, the Director of the Department of Public Works and Utilities, or his designee, may remove, repair or abate all violations or conditions and, after completion of the same, shall certify the costs thereof to the Mayor and Borough Council, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the costs as shown thereon to be charged against the lands abutting on the public highway, street, avenue or sidewalk. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be assessed and levied upon such lands. The same shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers in the same manner as taxes.