[Adopted 2-9-1967 by Ord. No. 358; amended
in its entirety 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 1112 (Ch. 210, Art. II, of
the 1990 Code)]
[Amended 10-10-2000 by Ord. No. 3162]
The owners, tenants and occupants and homeowners'
association or management company of improved or unimproved premises
abutting upon public streets and roads within the Township of Franklin
shall remove all snow and ice from the full width of sidewalks abutting
their respective premises within 12 hours of daylight after any snowfall
or accumulation of ice occurs. In the event that ice may be so frozen
as to make removal impracticable, the owners, tenants or occupants
of the abutting premises shall cause the sidewalk to be thoroughly
covered with sand, ashes, sawdust or rock salt within 12 hours of
daylight after the accumulation of such ice.
A.
The owner of any garden apartment development, apartment
building, homeowners' association or management company, nursing home,
office building or shopping center and the owner of any property within
the Township to which the public is invited for business purposes
shall remove all snow and ice from the driveways, parking areas, walkways,
steps and fire hydrants located upon such property within 12 hours
of daylight after any snowfall or accumulation of ice occurs. In the
event that ice may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable,
the owner shall cause the walkways and steps to be thoroughly covered
with sand, ashes, sawdust or rock salt within 12 hours of daylight
after the accumulation of such ice.
[Amended 10-10-2000 by Ord. No. 3162]
B.
In the case of garden apartment developments, apartment
buildings, homeowners’ associations or management companies,
the owner shall at all times keep passable a vehicular passageway
from each building in the complex to the nearest public road sufficient
for the entry and exit of fire and rescue vehicles to service each
such building.
[Amended 9-27-2016 by Ord. No. 4166-16]
C.
On or before October 1 each year, the owner shall
file with the Chief of Police the name, address and telephone number
of the person the owner holds responsible for keeping such emergency
vehicular passageway open at all times. If such person is not an employee
of the owner, the owner shall also file the name, address and telephone
number of himself or a person in his employ empowered to take action
in case the first person so listed fails to keep the emergency vehicular
passageway passable. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to
relieve the owner of any responsibility for ensuring compliance with
this subsection nor to relieve him of any liability in a civil suit
arising from his failure to do so.
[Added 3-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1883; amended 10-10-2000 by Ord. No.
3162]
The owner of any garden apartment development,
apartment building, homeowners' association or management company,
nursing home, commercial/industrial building, shopping center or an
association charged with the maintenance and operation of any common
open space; or the owner of any property within the Township of Franklin
to which the public is invited for business purposes shall remove
all snow and ice from designated handicapped parking spaces and related
access points to walkways so as to accommodate handicapped persons
within 12 hours of daylight after any snowfall or accumulation of
ice occurs.
No person shall place any snow or ice upon any
street, road or sidewalk within the Township in any manner that will
obstruct or impede vehicular or pedestrian traffic or block access
to any street, road or sidewalk.
[Amended 10-10-2000 by Ord. No. 3162]
A.
Any owner, tenant or occupant, homeowners' association or management company who fails to comply with any requirement of this article or who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties included in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, for each and every offense, and every day that a violation of this article continues shall be considered a separate offense.
All members of the Township Police Department,
all special officers and members of the Township Department of Public
Works are authorized to file complaints for violations of this article.
