[Adopted 4-12-48 by Ord.
No. 509 (Art. 77 of the 1970 Revised Ordinances)]
Every owner or tenant of any lands abutting
upon the public highways of the Borough of Madison shall remove all
snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks and gutters of such highways
within 24 hours after the same shall fall or form thereon, shall remove
all grass, weeds and impediments therefrom within three days after
notice to remove the same and shall remove all grass, weeds and impediments
from the portion of any street or highway abutting on such lands.
Whenever any owner or tenant of any lands abutting upon the public highways of the Borough of Madison shall fail to remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks and gutters of such highways within 24 hours after the same shall fall or be formed thereon; or shall fail to remove all grass, weeds and impediments therefrom within three days after notice to remove the same; or shall fail to remove all grass, weeds and impediments from the portion of any street or highway abutting on such lands, as provided in § 166-10 hereof, the same may be removed by the Borough of Madison and the cost thereof shall be certified to the Council of the Borough of Madison by the Executive Secretary of such Borough. The Council shall examine such certificate and, if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting upon such sidewalk or gutter thereof. The amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon such real estate, shall be added to and be part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon and shall be enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.
[Amended 6-14-1976 by Ord. No. 15-76; 12-27-1984 by Ord. No. 49-84; 8-10-1987 by Ord. No. 27-87; 6-10-1991 by Ord. No. 18-91; 4-11-1994 by Ord. No. 5-94; 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 42-2004]
Any person who violates § 166-10 shall, upon conviction, be liable for a penalty of $38 for the first offense and a penalty of $48 for the second offense. For further offenses, a court appearance is required, and a penalty will be assessed in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court; the penalty for further offenses shall consist of a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both. For purposes of this section, each and every violation which continues for a period of more than 24 hours shall constitute a separate offense.
