[Adopted 9-28-1936 by Ord. No. 154 (Ch. 21, Part 5, of the 1984 Code
of Ordinances); amended in its entirety 3-4-2010 by Ord. No. 684]
It shall be the responsibility of every owner, whether corporate
or individual, of premises in the Borough of Lemoyne including, but
not limited to, owner-occupied properties, rental properties, and
commercial properties, to remove or have removed all snow, slush,
or ice that may fall or be formed upon the sidewalk abutting upon
such premises, within 10 daylight hours after such snow or ice shall
have ceased to fall or be formed. No such snow, slush, or ice, after
such removal, shall be placed or piled in any gutter or in the cartway
of any street. The cleared pathway shall be at least 36 inches wide.
In the case of all multiple-business or multiple-dwelling premises,
occupied by more than one tenant or occupier, the owner thereof shall
be responsible for removing all snow, slush or ice from the sidewalk
abutting upon such property, within 10 daylight hours after such snow,
slush or ice shall have ceased to fall or to be formed. The cleared
pathway shall be at least 36 inches wide.
In the case of vacant lots and vacant buildings, the owner thereof
shall be responsible for removing all snow, slush and ice from the
sidewalk abutting upon such property, within 10 daylight hours after
such snow, slush or ice shall have ceased to fall or to be formed.
The cleared pathway shall be at least 36 inches wide.
In any case where the sidewalk shall not have been cleared of all snow, slush, or ice within 10 daylight hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or be formed in violation of §§ 472-1 through 472-3, the Borough shall give notice to the property owner of the violating condition by placing a written notice on the property, directing the property owner to correct the violating condition within 24 hours. If the property owner fails to correct the violating condition within 24 hours of the property having been so posted by the Borough, the Borough shall have the authority to remove the same or to cause the same to be removed, and to collect the cost for such removal from the property owner, which said cost in no case shall be less than $50.
[Added 11-6-2014 by Ord.
No. 725]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place any snow or ice (whether
by shoveling, sweeping, plowing, blowing, pushing, dumping or otherwise)
upon any public street or road within this Borough.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to cause or permit
any person to place any snow or ice (whether by shoveling, sweeping,
plowing, blowing, pushing, dumping or otherwise) upon any public street
or road within this Borough.
C.
A person or entity shall be presumed to have caused or permitted
a person to place snow or ice upon a public street or road where such
person or entity owns, occupies or otherwise controls the land from
which the snow or ice originated and employs, contracts with or otherwise
engages the person placing the snow or ice upon said street or road.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to cause or permit
any person to place any snow or ice (whether by shoveling, sweeping,
plowing, blowing, pushing, dumping, or otherwise) upon the property
of another with the exception of authorized agents of the Borough
in the course of snow/ice removal from the public streets or roads
or sidewalks.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to cause or permit
any person to plow a public road with the exception of authorized
agents of the Borough in the course of snow/ice removal from the public
streets.
[Added 11-6-2014 by Ord.
No. 725]
Every person in charge or control of any building or lot of
land fronting or abutting on a sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant,
occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause
to be removed or cleared away all snow, ice, slush, or any combination
thereof from all of the sidewalks in front of or alongside such building
or lot from a path of at least 36 inches in width from so much of
said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building or lot of
land within 24 hours after the snow, ice, slush or combination ceases
to fall, to form or to accumulate. If the sidewalk is less than 36
inches in width, said sidewalk shall be cleared the entire width thereof.
[Added 11-6-2014 by Ord.
No. 725]
A.
Snow, ice, slush or any combination thereof removed from the sidewalk
shall be placed on the property of the person. Said snow, ice, slush
or any combination thereof shall not be placed next to a fire hydrant
or upon any sidewalk, roadway or loading or unloading area of a public
transportation system.
B.
If there shall be an excessive amount of snow, ice, slush or combination
thereof and there is no longer any place on the property of the person
to pile the snow, ice, slush or combination thereof, it may be placed
along the curbline but may not be placed in the street.
C.
In the event that the 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 set forth in § 472-4 cause enough sand, ashes, sawdust or any 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 36 inches in width.
[Amended 11-6-2014 by Ord. No. 725]
Any owner who violates any provision of this Article I shall, upon summary conviction thereof by Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, together with costs of prosecution, including attorney fees, and, in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment in Cumberland County Jail for a period not to exceed 30 days; provided, such fine and costs may be imposed in addition to the costs of the removal of snow and ice, imposed under § 472-4 of this Article I.
