[Adopted 12-29-1927 by Ord. No. 219 (Ch.
109, Art. II, of the 1966 Code)]
[Amended 4-9-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1021]
A.
The owner or
owners, tenant or tenants of land abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks
and gutters of the public streets, avenues and highways within the
limits of the Borough of Montvale shall remove all snow and ice from
the same within 24 hours of daylight after the same shall have formed
or fallen thereon.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.
No person shall
sweep, shovel, push, plow or throw snow or ice in or upon any public
street, sidewalk or private property belonging to another, nor shall
any person direct, permit or suffer another to so do any of the foregoing
from any property owned, occupied, used or leased by such person.
[Amended 4-9-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1021;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of land abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and gutters of the public streets, avenues and highways, within the limits of the Borough of Montvale, violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to the penalties as set forth in Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty; and upon refusal or neglect of such owner or owners, tenant or tenants to remove such snow or ice within the time or times herein provided, or cause such snow or ice to be deposited in or upon any roadway, the same may be removed by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Montvale under the direction of its Borough Engineer or other person or officer designated by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Montvale for that purpose, and the cost thereof collected in manner hereinafter provided.
In case of the removal of such snow and ice
for the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Montvale, the cost thereof,
as nearly as can be ascertained, shall be charged against the lands
abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and gutters from which removal
is made, and, with the interest thereon, shall forthwith become a
lien upon said lands, and shall be added to and form a part of the
taxes next to be assessed and levied, and shall be certified to the
person or persons whose duty it is to collect the taxes of the Borough
of Montvale, and shall be collected in the same manner and at the
same time as other taxes.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
This article shall take effect when passed and
published as required by law.
