[Amended 11-8-2019 by Ord. No. 31-2019]
No person shall construct a sidewalk, curb or gutter on any
street in the Borough without first having obtained from the Borough
Engineer the grade at which the sidewalk, curb or gutter is to be
laid.
Before starting the construction of any sidewalk, curb or gutter within the Borough, the owner of the property on which the sidewalk, curb or gutter is to be constructed shall apply to the Construction Official for a permit so to do. The owner shall include an escrow fee; see Subsection 20-11.5a2 and d. The Construction Official shall request the Borough Engineer to establish a grade for the particular location in which the sidewalk, curb or gutter is to be laid, and the Borough Engineer shall establish a grade for the location.
After the establishment of the grade by the Borough Engineer,
the Construction Official shall issue a permit to the applicant, which
permit shall allow the construction of the sidewalk, curb or gutter
in conformity with the grade established by the Borough Engineer.
The property owner applying for such permit shall, before the issuance
thereof, pay to the Construction Official a fee, which shall be determined
by dividing the number of linear feet of sidewalk, curb or gutter
to be laid into the entire length of the grade established by the
Borough Engineer and computing that fraction of the total cost of
the establishment of the grade for the entire distance for which the
grade has been established.
[Amended 11-8-2019 by Ord. No. 31-2019]
a.
Removal. The owner or tenant of the lands abutting or bordering upon
the flag or concrete sidewalks of the public streets of the Borough
shall remove all snow and ice from the portion of such sidewalks whereon
such lands abut or border within 12 hours after the same shall be
formed or fall and all grass, weeds and other impediments within three
days after notice to remove the same.
b.
Obstruction of Hydrants. No person in any manner shall obstruct or
prevent free access to any fire hydrant or place or store, temporarily
or otherwise, with any object, material, snow, ice, grass, weeds,
debris or structure of any kind within a distance of two feet of any
fire hydrant. Any such obstructions, when discovered, shall be removed
at once by the Department of Public Works at the expense of the person
responsible for the obstruction. The owner or owners of any real property
in the Borough upon which any fire hydrant is located shall maintain
the area within a two-foot radius of any such fire hydrant free of
snow and ice, exclusive of any adjoining roadway. The removal of snow
and/or ice shall be completed within 12 hours of daylight after the
snow has formed or fallen on or around any hydrant.
In case such owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands abutting
or bordering upon such sidewalks of the public streets of the Borough
shall fail to remove such snow, ice, grass, weeds or other impediments
from the sidewalks, as required by this section, it shall be the duty
of the Property Maintenance Official or other officer having charge
of the streets of the Borough to remove the snow, ice, grass, weeds
and other impediments from the sidewalks of which the lands abut or
border.
The cost and expense incurred by the Property Maintenance Official
or other officers for the removal of such snow and ice, grass, weeds
or other impediments from any sidewalk shall be determined by the
Construction Official and charged upon the books of the Borough against
the lands abutting or bordering upon the walks, which, with interest
thereon, shall forthwith become a lien on the lands and shall be added
to and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon
such lands and shall be certified by the Municipal Clerk to the Collector
of Taxes for the Borough and shall be collected in the same manner
as other taxes.
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands abutting or bordering upon any such sidewalk who shall fail or neglect to remove all ice and snow from the portion of such sidewalk whereon such lands abut or border and all grass and weeds and other impediments, as required by the first subsection of this section, shall, upon conviction, be liable for the penalty stated in Chapter 1, § 1-5.
Private communities shall be required to remove all snow, ice, grass, weeds and other debris and shall be subject to all requirements, and violations and penalties as set forth herein this § 20-2.
This subsection shall be enforced by the Property Maintenance
Officer of the Borough of Bloomingdale.
[Amended 11-8-2019 by Ord. No. 31-2019]
It is hereby prohibited and unlawful for any residential homeowner
or tenant; commercial property owner or tenant; or their respective
employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or employees thereof
to dump, plow, shovel or otherwise place snow onto the streets, into
the roadways or on or near fire hydrants located in the Borough of
Bloomingdale.
For any violation of this section, the fine and/or penalties
shall be as follows:
