[Adopted 1-4-1921 by Ord. No. 84 (Ch. 93, Art. I of the 1975 Code)]
[Amended 3-15-2011 by Ord. No. 1365]
The owner or tenants of lands abutting sidewalks shall remove all snow from those sidewalks within 12 hours of daylight after snowfall has ceased. All grass, weeds and other impediments shall be removed from sidewalks within three days after receiving notice. It shall be unlawful to throw or deposit snow, grass, weeds, or any other materials in the street.
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks of public streets, avenues and highways shall remove all ice from the same within 12 hours of daylight after the ice shall have formed thereon, or if it shall be impossible within that time to remove the same, the owner or owners, tenant or tenants shall spread over the ice on said sidewalks ashes, sawdust or some other similar material which shall make the said sidewalks safe for the use of pedestrians.
[Amended 2-25-1975 by Ord. No. 485]
Where the owner or owners, tenant or tenants shall refuse or neglect to remove such snow, ice, grass, weeds or other impediments in the manner and within the time herein provided, the same may be removed by or under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works or any other officer of the Borough who may be designated by the Mayor for that purpose. In such cases, such officer shall certify the cost of the removal of such snow, ice, grass, weeds or other impediments to the Borough Council, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands abutting or bordering such sidewalk or gutter; the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such land and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes and to be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.