[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 themselves or a person in their 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 them of any liability in a civil suit arising from their 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.
B. 
The maximum penalty stated in Subsection A is not intended to state an appropriate penalty for each and every violation. Any lesser penalty, including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all, may be appropriate for a particular case or violation.
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.