[Adopted 11-25-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-17]
A.
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenant or
tenants of premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the Borough shall
remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks of such streets or, in
the case of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable, shall
cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand, salt or other suitable
materials within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed
thereon.
B.
In case the building is occupied by more than one family
or business unit, then the tenant or occupant of the first floor or story
thereof is hereby required to remove all snow and ice from such portion of
the sidewalks or, in the case of ice which is impracticable to remove, cover
the same with sand, salt or other suitable materials within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall be formed or fall thereon.
No person, firm or corporation not the owner, tenant or occupant of
any premises abutting on any street shall throw, place or deposit any snow
or ice into or upon any street in said Borough, it being the intent and purpose
of this provision to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing
or depositing snow and ice, which accumulated within private property belonging
to said person, upon the sidewalks or streets of the Borough.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed 90 days, in the discretion of
the court, and each day's continuance of the violation shall constitute
a separate and distinct violation.
