[Adopted at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It is the policy of the Borough of Dravosburg
to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens using the
sidewalks of the Borough. To guard the safety of all citizens using
the public sidewalks, the following regulations and penalties are
adopted. This policy shall apply to all sidewalks presently situated
in the Borough and any sidewalks constructed in the Borough in the
future.
The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation and enforcement of this article:
Any day except Sundays and national holidays.
That portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
That portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the
use of pedestrians.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Every person, partnership, corporation, joint
stock company, or syndicate in charge or control of any building,
structure or lot of land within the Borough limits fronting or abutting
on a paved sidewalk constructed of concrete, brick, stone or other
material, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise,
shall remove and clear away, or cause to be removed and cleared away,
all snow, sleet and ice on said sidewalk as is in front of or abutting
on said building, structure, or lot of land within 24 business-day
hours after the ceasing to fall of any snow, sleet or ice or the accumulation
of ice caused by freezing after nightfall or for any reason of nature
whatsoever.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs, or, in default of
payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to
exceed 30 days.
