A.
The owner, occupant or tenant
of premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the Township
shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks of such
streets, or in case of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal
impracticable, shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with
sand or ashes or a de-icing material, within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
B.
In case the building is occupied
by more than one family or business unit, then the tenant or occupant
of the first floor or story thereof is hereby required to remove all
snow and ice from such portion of the sidewalks, or in the case of
ice which it is impracticable to remove, cover the same with sand
or ashes or a de-icing material, within 12 hours of daylight after
the same shall be formed or fall thereon.
No person shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice into
or upon any street in the Township, it being the intent and purpose
of this provision to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting,
placing or depositing snow and ice which accumulated within the private
property belonging to such person upon the sidewalks or streets of
the Township.
In case snow and ice shall not be removed from such sidewalks or shall be cast, deposited thereon or placed upon any sidewalks or street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises as provided in §§ 312-14 and 312-15, the same shall be removed forthwith and under the direction of the Township Engineer, and the cost of such removal, as clearly as can be ascertained, shall be certified by the Township Engineer to the Township Council. The Township Council shall examine such certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax upon such real estate or land and be added to, recorded and collected in the same way and manner as the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon such premises and shall bear interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes. The imposition and collection of a fine imposed for a violation of this article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township to collect the cost as certified for the removal of such snow and ice in the manner herein authorized.
