[Adopted 10-19-1982 by Ord. No. 416]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this Part 2:
Any day not a Sunday or a national holiday.
The hours between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any business
day.
That portion of a street or highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
A natural person, partnership, corporation, association or
any other legal entity.
That portion of a street between the curblines or the lateral
lines of a cartway and the adjacent property lines intended for the
use of 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.
1.
Every person in charge or control of any building or lot of land
within the Borough of Sharpsburg 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.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection 2 hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks in all business districts within two business hours after the cessation of any fall or snow, sleet or freezing rain or by the beginning of business hours of the next business day following such fall, whichever period is shorter.
2.
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 shall, within the time mentioned in Subsection 1 hereof, cause enough sand or other abrasive to be put on the sidewalk to make travel thereof reasonably safe and shall then, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause to be cleared a path in said sidewalk of at least 30 inches in width.
[Amended 2-21-2013 by Ord. No. 13-04]
Every person in charge or control of any building or other structure
within the Borough of Sharpsburg, whether an 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 the end of 24 hours after the cessation of
any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow and
ice on or against 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 cleaning
of sidewalks in business districts.
[Amended 2-21-2013 by Ord. No. 13-05]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this part continues or each section
of this part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
