[Ord. 1-1986, 2/20/1986]
As used in this Part 1, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
BUSINESS DAY
Any day not a Sunday or a national holiday.
BUSINESS HOURS
Hours between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any business day.
CARTWAY
Portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
PERSON
Natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity.
SIDEWALK
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.
STREET or HIGHWAY
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. 1-1986, 2/20/1986]
Every person in charge or control of any building or lot of land fronting or abutting on a paved sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause to be removed or cleared away, snow and/or ice from a path of at least 30 inches in width from so much of said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building or lot of land.
1. 
Except as provided in Subsection 2 hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within 12 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain.
2. 
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 1 hereof, cause enough sand or other abrasive 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. 1-1986, 2/20/1986]
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. 1-1986, 2/20/1986]
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.
[Ord. 1-1986, 2/20/1986; as amended by Ord. 2004-03, 5/20/2004, § 5]
1. 
The Borough of Hummelstown Police Department is hereby charged with the enforcement provisions of this Part 1, and is hereby empowered to inspect grounds, premises and structures on which snow and/or ice accumulate to determine if there is compliance with the provisions of this Part. It shall be unlawful and considered a nuisance constituting a threat or potential threat to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough of Hummelstown for any person to create or maintain any condition upon their property directly or indirectly in violation of the provisions of this Part.
2. 
If the owner of grounds, premises or structure on which snow and/or ice accumulate does not comply with the provision of this Part, within the time limit prescribed, the Borough shall have the authority to take measures to correct the conditions and collect the cost of such correction plus 10% of all costs. The Borough, in such event and pursuant to its statutory or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the right and power to enter upon the offending grounds, premises or structure at such time(s) as may be necessary to correct the non-compliant condition and/or nuisance to accomplish the foregoing. In addition to any other remedies provided by law, any costs of correction so incurred shall be filed as a lien upon the real estate of the offender and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal claims.
3. 
When in the opinion of the Chief of Police, an emergency exists on or in any premises or structure, posing an immediate threat and endangering public health, safety, life or property, or any part thereof, which requires immediate action to protect the public's health, safety, life or property, or that of the occupants thereof, the Borough pursuant to the statutory or other authorized police powers shall have the right and power to enter immediately upon the offending premises and cause the necessary work to be done to meet such emergency and render the property, or any part thereof, safe and compliant with the requirements of this Part.
[Ord. 1-1986, 2/20/1986; as amended by Ord. 2004-03, 5/20/2004, § 5]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part 1, shall, upon conviction thereof be sentenced to pay a minimum fine of $50 and a maximum fine of not more than $300, and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this Part 1 continues, shall constitute a separate offense.