A. 
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant or tenants of premises abutting upon a public street in a residential zone in the Township of Union shall remove from the abutting sidewalk, within 12 hours after the first daybreak after the falling or formation thereon, so much of the snow and ice as it is possible to remove and shall apply sand, sawdust, ashes, salt or some other harmless substance to the portion not removed so that the same shall be rendered safe for travel and, as soon as possible thereafter, shall remove the remainder, together with any substance which has been applied to it.
B. 
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant or tenants of premises used by the public or business invitees shall remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks, streets and parking areas used by the public in the transaction of business thereat and, in the event of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impractical, shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand, sawdust, ashes, salt or other harmless substance so as to render travel safe prior to the opening of business, but no later than 12:00 p.m. in any event, after the first daybreak after the same shall fall or be formed.
C. 
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants or their agent shall cause all interior sidewalks in multifamily residential areas containing four or more dwelling units, particularly condominiums or cooperatives, to be cleared of snow within six hours after the first daybreak after the same shall fall or be formed and, in the event of ice which may be frozen as to make removal impractical, shall apply sand, sawdust, ashes, salt or other harmless substance to the portion not removed and shall, as soon as possible thereafter, remove the remainder, together with any substance which has been applied to it.
A. 
No owner, tenant, occupant or agent of the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting on any street or gutter shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice into or upon any street or gutter in the Township, it being the intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow or ice which accumulates within the private property belonging to that person upon the sidewalks, streets or gutters of the Township of Union.
B. 
In case such snow and ice shall not be removed from such sidewalks or shall be cast or deposited thereon or placed upon the sidewalk, gutter or the street by the owner, tenant, occupant or agent of the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises hereinabove provided, the same shall be removed forthwith under the direction of the Public Works Superintendent. Costs incurred in the removal shall be certified to the Township Committee by the Public Works Superintendent. The governing body shall examine such certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against the real estate so abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon the real estate or land and shall be added to, recorded and collected in the same way and manner as the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon the 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 or fines or any other penalty for a violation of this article or any other ordinance shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township of Union to collect the cost as certified for the removal of snow and ice in the manner herein authorized.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any persons or corporation violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000 or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days or imprisonment in the county jail or in any other place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners for any term not exceeding 90 days, to become effective on the effective date of this section. Each and every twenty-four-hour period in which the violation subsists shall be a separate and distinct violation subject to the penalties stated herein. Authority is hereby given to the various department heads of the Township of Union to enforce such portions of this article as be within their respective jurisdictions.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842; 2-23-2016 by Ord. No. 5364]
A. 
A snow emergency may be declared by the Mayor, Deputy Mayor or, in their absence, any member of the Township Committee, Township Administrator or Police Director when a hazardous condition exists due to a snowfall that poses a substantial threat to the health, welfare and safety of the Township.
B. 
Whenever a snow emergency is found to exist, in order to afford the Township the opportunity to clear its streets, no vehicle, except those designated in Subsection F hereof, shall be allowed to stand or park, whether attended or not, upon any street or highway of the Township, except for picking up or discharging passengers or for picking up or delivering essential merchandise or other commodities; until such time that the snow emergency is lifted.
C. 
Whenever a vehicle has been parked or left standing in violation of the provisions of the preceding subsection, any police officer of the Township of Union or the Township Public Works Superintendent or authorized agent or his representative may move or cause the removal of such vehicle to such place as may be designated by the Police Director or authorized agent for the impounding of such vehicle. Such vehicle shall be there retained and impounded until the person owning such vehicle shall pay the cost of removal, together with storage. Within 72 hours after the vehicle has been so removed, the Police Director or any member of the Police Department acting for him shall give written notice thereof to the registered owner, if the name and address may be ascertained, which notice may be given by personal service of mail addressed to such owner at his last known address.
D. 
After any vehicle removed as provided in the preceding subsection has been in the possession of either the Police Department or its designated representative for a period of six months and the owner cannot be found or refuses to receive and remove such vehicle and pay the costs imposed thereon, then the Police Director may proceed to sell such vehicle in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of New Jersey.
E. 
The registered owner of the removed vehicle shall be presumed to be the person who parked such vehicle in violation of this section or that the same was so parked by his duly authorized agent, unless proven otherwise, and therefore shall be held responsible for violation of this section.
F. 
The provisions of this section forbidding parking on streets due to snowfall shall not apply to any municipal, county or state vehicle nor to any ambulance nor to the vehicle of a physician while operated by such physician for the treatment of patients in an emergency situation nor to any vehicle of the United States Postal Service nor to vehicles of any public service corporation while being operated in any emergency arising in the Township.
In residential areas of the Township, homeowners or tenants or occupants shall be required to remove their vehicles from the streets and park them in their driveways upon the beginning of a snowfall. Violation of this section shall subject the owner to the penalties in § 530-41 or the removal of the vehicle under § 530-42C. It shall be an affirmative defense to this section that one does not have a driveway in which to park the vehicle.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SIDEWALK
Any walkway customarily used by or designed for the use of pedestrian traffic, whether the same is constructed of concrete, blacktop, gravel or cinder.