[Ord. No. 95, 3/8/1926;
as amended by Ord. No. 12-13-1989, 12/13/1989]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
Any day not a Sunday or a national holiday.
Hours between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any business day.
Portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
Natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
any other legal entity.
Portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral
lines of a cartway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for
use by 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.
[Ord. No. 95, 3/8/1926;
as amended by Ord. No. 12-13-1989, 12/13/1989; and by Ord. No. 3/10/2004G]
1.
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.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection 1B hereof, all sidewalks within
the Borough shall be kept clear of snow, ice and sleet between the
hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
B.
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 1A 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. No. 95, 3/8/1926;
as amended by Ord. No. 12-13-1989, 12/13/1989]
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. No. 95, 3/8/1926;
as amended by Ord. No. 12-13-1989, 12/13/1989]
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. No. 95, 3/8/1926;
as amended by Ord. No. 12-13-1989, 12/13/1989; and by Ord. No. 10112006, 10/11/2006]
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision
of this Part shall, severally for each and every such violation or
noncompliance, be guilty of a summary offense, punishable by a fine
of not less than $25 or more than $1,000, and costs, or, in default
of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 30 days. The imposition of a penalty for any violation or
noncompliance shall not excuse the violation or noncompliance or permit
it to continue. Each day that the violation or noncompliance exists
shall constitute a separate offense.
