[Adopted 1-1-1981 by Ord. No. 80-23-780 as Ch. 132, Art. IX, of the 1981 Code]
A.
No person shall hereafter erect any dwelling, business
or industrial or other building in the Borough without constructing
in connection therewith a sidewalk and curb in the street fronting
the building lot in accordance with the provisions of this article
and with the Standard.
B.
In special cases on secondary roads or streets or
other streets where sidewalks do not presently exist, the Mayor and
Council may, upon recommendation of the Planning Board, grant an exception
to the sidewalk requirement of this section.
C.
Every applicant for a building permit shall indicate
on his plot plan all existing or proposed curbs and sidewalks and
shall make no subsequent deviations therefrom without the approval
of the Borough Engineer and the Construction Official.
[Amended 7-3-1984 by Ord. No. 84-14-880]
D.
All sidewalks and curbs shall be built to lines and
grades first approved by the Borough Engineer.
E.
No certificate of occupancy shall be granted by the
Construction Official unless and until the premises shall be completed
and curbs and sidewalks, as provided in this section, have been completed,
inspected and approved as to location, grade, materials and workmanship
by the Borough Engineer.
[Amended 7-3-1984 by Ord. No. 84-14-880]
The owner or occupant of premises abutting any
stone or concrete sidewalk shall maintain such sidewalk at all times
in a good and passable condition at a grade which will prevent water
accumulating thereon and shall replace any portion thereof which becomes
broken and shall maintain the same so that the joints thereof are
even. The surface of all concrete sidewalks shall be kept properly
roughened so as not to become smooth and slippery.
In case any sidewalk becomes out of repair,
the owner or occupant of the lands abutting such sidewalk shall forthwith,
upon receipt of written notice from the Road Superintendent or Borough
Engineer, repair or cause the same to be repaired and made in a good
and passable condition and conform with the requirements of the preceding
section.
Any person doing or causing any injury or damage
to any street, curb, sidewalk or sidewalk area shall cause the same
to be repaired forthwith.
[Amended 10-2-2002 by Ord. No. 02-12-1954]
No person shall ride, drive or pass over or
along any sidewalk with horses, automobiles, motortrucks, motorcycles
or bicycles, provided that this section shall not prevent the use
of driveways or the crossing of a sidewalk at right angles for the
purpose of entering upon property. In all such cases the curb and
the sidewalk shall be protected against injury or damage. Children
riding bicycles on sidewalks shall be excepted from the provisions
of this section.
No person shall place any bridging over any
gutter or any pipe or place any other obstruction in any gutter without
first obtaining a written permit therefor.
[Amended 3-16-2005 by Ord. No. 05-03-1290]
No person, except the municipality, shall place
or permit to be placed upon any sidewalk any object or thing that
shall in any manner utilize sidewalk space or otherwise render travel
upon the same dangerous or unsafe. The municipality reserves to itself
and such others as it may permit upon site plan variance issued by
the Planning Board the right to locate chairs, benches, bike racks,
trees, bus stations, signs, poles and such else as it may deem appropriate
in the sidewalk space.
No person shall place or maintain any awning
extending over any sidewalk, which when lowered shall be less than
seven feet above such sidewalk.
Temporary awnings may be erected across a sidewalk
and permitted to remain for a period not to exceed 24 hours, provided
that the same shall be securely fastened and shall be so arranged
as to permit unobstructed travel along the sidewalk.
No person shall lower the curb and change the grade of a sidewalk for the purpose of providing a driveway across such sidewalk without a permit therefor. The fee for such a permit shall be as provided in § 230-98, which includes inspection by the Road Superintendent after completion.
