No person, firm or corporation shall cause any earth, stones,
bricks, building material or other matter or substance to be collected
or remain upon any street, road or highway of the Borough of Jenkintown
so as to be unsightly or to interfere with the use of said roads,
streets or highways, nor shall any person, firm or corporation place
any earth or any other substance in the gutters of said roads, streets
or highways so as to obstruct in any way the flow of water along such
gutters.
No person shall in any manner obstruct any street, sidewalk or public passageway in the Borough of Jenkintown so as to endanger any person or property or to hinder or delay public travel thereon; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit any person from making use of any street or sidewalk in strict conformity to §§
156-37 and
156-38 below or from the setting out of receptacles or containers of garbage, rubbish or refuse for collection by the Borough on the day or days when such materials are normally collected.
Any person engaged in delivering goods, wares or merchandise
to any property abutting upon any sidewalk or in removing any personal
property of any nature or character whatever from such property may,
temporarily, for a total period of not more than one hour, place any
such goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property upon such
sidewalk, as close as possible to the curb, to facilitate the loading
or unloading of same. The occupant of such property or the owner thereof,
where such property is not occupied, shall be responsible for adhering
to the requirements of this section. Any failure to conform to such
requirements shall constitute a violation of this article.
Every person erecting or repairing any building shall keep the sidewalk adjacent thereto open, except as may be authorized under a permit provided for in §
156-38 of this article. Whenever necessary for the protection of the users of such sidewalk during the course of such building construction or repair, such person shall erect a suitable shed or other protective covering over such sidewalk.
As defined in the Borough Code §
135-1.
No person shall hereafter erect or place any step, platform, passageway, enclosure, bulk, bay or jut window, porch or jamb or any similar obstruction in or upon any sidewalk, provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the construction or maintenance of awnings under the conditions set forth hereinafter, or the planting of trees between the curb and the paved portion of the sidewalk where such plantings are specifically authorized by ordinance, or the erection of steps extending not more than three feet on a sidewalk with a minimum of eight feet in width from the property or building line of such street leading up to the first floor of any building, or the construction of cellarways as provided in §
156-39 of this article.
No opening, railing or passageway into any cellar shall be permitted
to extend more than three feet from the building line to any sidewalk
in the Borough on a sidewalk with a minimum of eight feet in width.
Every cellarway opening onto any sidewalk shall be securely covered
and protected with iron doors, which shall be constructed so as to
close flush with the sidewalk. All such cellar doors shall at all
times be kept in good repair and shall be closed at all times except
when in actual use for the removal or receipt of goods, wares or merchandise,
and when opened, every cellar door shall be properly guarded for the
protection of persons using such sidewalk.
No person shall install, erect or maintain any awning, any portion
of which shall overhang any sidewalk in the Borough, unless the lowest
point of such awning shall be not less than seven feet above the level
of such sidewalk.
Trees and hedges overhanging sidewalks and highways shall be trimmed in accordance with Borough Code §
167-5.
Any construction or installation hereafter made or maintained
in violation of any of the provisions of this article shall constitute
an unlawful obstruction to the convenient use of the sidewalk or highway.
Within 10 days after notice to that effect from the Borough Council,
the owner of any property abutting such sidewalk or highway shall
remove such obstruction either by removal of the construction or installation
constituting such obstruction or by making such alterations as may
be necessary to conform strictly to the applicable requirements of
this article. In case the owner of such property shall neglect, refuse
or fail to remove such obstruction within such time limit, the Borough
Council may cause the same to be done at the expense of the Borough,
and the Borough shall collect such expense and any additional penalty
authorized by law from the owner of such property.
Any person who shall be convicted of violating or failing to
comply with the provisions of this article before any Magisterial
District Judge shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor
more than $600, together with costs of prosecution. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of a violation.