The owner, occupant or tenant of every property fronting upon or alongside of any of the streets in the Township of Spring is hereby required to remove or cause to be removed from all of the sidewalks in front or alongside of such property all snow or ice thereon fallen, drifted, and/or formed, within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased to fall, drift, and/or form. The owner of the property shall be responsible for conforming to the requirements of this section where such property is occupied by such owner or is unoccupied; the tenant or occupier thereof, where such property is occupied by such tenant or occupier only; and the owner thereof where the property is a multiple-business or multiple-dwelling property, occupied by more than one tenant or occupier.
[Adopted 2-10-1964 by Ord. No. 55 (Ch. XXVI, Part 2B, of the 2013 Code of Ordinances)]
In any case where the owner, occupant or tenant, as aforesaid, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of the § 394-1 of this article within the time limit prescribed therein, the Township authorities may proceed immediately to clear all snow and/or ice from the sidewalk of such delinquents, and to collect the expenses thereof, with any additional amount allowed by law, from such owner, occupant or tenant, as the case may be, which may be in addition to any fine or penalty imposed under § 394-3 of this article.
[Amended 8-25-1975 by Ord. No. 117; 12-27-2007 by Ord. No. 350; 2-28-2011 by Ord. No. 378; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Authorized officials of the Township of Spring engaged in the enforcement of the Township Code of Ordinances shall have the authority to notify, by first-class mail or by hand delivery, any owner, occupant or tenant violating any provision of this article that if he or she shall pay a penalty in the sum of $35 at the administrative office of the Township of Spring, 2850 Windmill Road, Sinking Spring, PA 19608, within 10 business days from the time of the issuance of the notice, such amount shall be deemed as and shall constitute the full penalty for that violation. Notification by hand delivery shall include, among other things, affixing a notice to the front door of the office or residence of any owner, occupant or tenant violating any provision of this article, provided, failure to issue such notice shall not in itself be a defense to a citation as set forth below.
B.
If such payment shall not be made at the administrative office within the 10 business day period, upon citation duly issued, regardless of whether notification as set forth above was received, any owner, occupant, or tenant violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be subject to the penalty provisions of § 1-12, Summary offenses, of the Code of the Township of Spring; provided, each violation of any provision of this article, and each day the same is continued, shall be deemed a separate offense.