[Adopted 4-7-1881]
From and after the passage of this ordinance, all owners or
occupants of any lots, building, sheds or cellars upon any street
or streets where curbstones are laid within the limits of Gloucester
City shall be required to have the pavements, sidewalks and gutters
of said lots, building, sheds or cellars cleaned and freed from all
snow and ice within 12 hours after the same shall have fallen, been
made or accumulated.
[Added 4-5-2001 by Ord.
No. 2-2001]
No owner, occupant and/or tenant of any business, industrial,
commercial, or residential use shall plow, throw, stack or move in
any way whatsoever snow which has accumulated onto vehicles, driveways,
sidewalks, parking lots, private property and the like into the traffic
lane of the cartway of any public street in the City of Gloucester
City for the purposes of this ordinance, a "traffic lane" shall be
that area of the public street upon which vehicular traffic regularly
travels and which may be plowed by the Public Works Department of
Gloucester City and/or other public entities. A traffic lane shall
not mean the area of any cartway which is regularly and generally
used for the parking of vehicles.
[Added 11-2-2006 by Ord.
No. O22-2006]
In addition to the prohibition from the disposal of snow into
the traffic lane, no owner, occupant, and/or tenant of any business,
industrial, commercial or residential use, or contractors of the same,
shall plow, throw or stack or move in any way whatsoever snow which
has accumulated onto said person's or entity's property,
be it vehicles, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, private property
and the like, onto any other person's or entity's property
or the frontage thereof without that person's or entity's
consent. For purposes of this ordinance, frontage shall be considered
the public area in front of one's private property that abuts
a public street or alley and includes the public sidewalk, driveways,
curbs, gutters and streets not considered to be in the traffic lane.
Prohibition of the piling or stacking of snow shall also include
the area within five feet (60 inches) of a fire hydrant.
[Added 11-2-2006 by Ord.
No. O22-2006]
Snow that has been removed from other areas as required by sections
of this ordinance or to clear off a vehicle or structure shall be
prohibited from being stacked or piled higher than three feet high
or 36 inches from grade within any right-of-way of the city. Snow
may be piled higher on private property if said property is fenced
to prevent access to children and the public in general or does not
provide a hazard to the public.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the Department of Public
Works or any of its subcontractors from placing snow removed for public
health and safety purposes within prohibited areas or above the prohibited
height.
[Amended 5-5-2014 by Ord.
No. O07-2014]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or designee of Gloucester City, and the Chief of Police or designee are hereby required, to make complaint against any person or persons who shall violate § 73-15 of this ordinance.
