[Adopted 10-30-1973 as § 6-5 of the 1973 Code]
A. 
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting or bordering on any street in the Township shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks, fire hydrants and cisterns of such street or the abutting right-of-way actually used by the public, or in the event of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impractical shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand or ashes or other appropriate chemical, within 12 hours of daylight after the same falls or is formed thereon.
[Amended 2-23-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
B. 
The owner, occupant or tenant of premises used by the public or business invitees shall remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks, streets, rights-of-way and parking areas used by the public in the transaction of business thereat, and in the event of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impractical shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand or ashes or other appropriate chemical, within 12 hours of daylight after the same falls or is formed thereon.
No owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting on any street shall throw, place or deposit snow or ice into or on any street, it being the intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow and ice which accumulates within the private property belonging to that person on the sidewalks or streets of the Township.
A. 
If such snow or ice is not removed from such sidewalks, fire hydrants and cisterns or is cast or deposited thereon or placed upon the sidewalks or the street by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises as hereinabove provided, the same shall be removed under the direction of the Department of Public Works, and the cost of removal as nearly as can be ascertained shall be certified by the Department of Public Works to the Financial Officer of the Township.
[Amended 2-23-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
B. 
The Township Committee shall examine the certification and if found to be correct shall use the cost to be charged against the real estate abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks, fire hydrants and cisterns, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax in the same manner as the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon the premises and shall bear interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.
[Amended 2-23-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
C. 
The imposition and collection of a fine or other penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this section shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township to collect the cost, as certified, for the removal of snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.