[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Lawnside 3-1-1967 by Ord. No. 115-1967. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Each and every owner of land abutting upon a public highway
where the adjacent sidewalk is paved shall remove all snow and ice
from such adjacent sidewalk within 12 hours of daylight next after
such snow and ice shall fall or be formed thereon.
Each and every tenant of land abutting upon a public highway
where the adjacent sidewalk is paved shall remove all snow and ice
from such adjacent sidewalk within 12 hours of daylight next after
such snow and ice shall fall or be formed thereon.
[Amended 11-3-1976 by Ord. No. 9-1976]
Any person who shall violate this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof before any judicial officer authorized to hear and determine
the matter, forfeit and pay such fine not exceeding the sum of $500
as shall be imposed by such judicial officer in his discretion, or,
if the party so convicted is a natural person, be imprisoned in the
borough jail or county jail for such term not exceeding 90 days as
such judicial officer in his discretion shall determine; provided,
however, that if the party so convicted is a natural person, such
judicial officer shall have power, in his discretion, to impose sentence
of both fine and imprisonment not exceeding the maximum limits hereinbefore
fixed.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes natural persons and, where appropriate in the context,
copartnerships and corporations, and any number of them.
