No person shall throw, place or deposit any
snow or ice into or upon any street in the Township, 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 the private property belonging to such person, upon the sidewalks
or streets of the Township.
In case such snow or ice shall not be removed
from such sidewalks or shall be cast, deposited thereon or placed
upon such sidewalks or streets by the owner or owners, tenant or tenants,
occupant or occupants of any such premises, the same may be removed
forthwith under the direction of the Director of Public Works, and
the cost of such removal, as nearly as can be ascertained, shall be
certified by the Director of Public Works to the Township Council.
The Township Council shall examine such certification and, if found
to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real
estate so abutting or bordering upon such sidewalks. The amount so
charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax upon such real estate
or land, and shall be added to, recorded and collected in the same
way and manner as the taxes next be levied and assessed upon such
premises, and shall bear interest and be enforced and collected by
the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes. The imposition
and collection of a fine or fines imposed for violation of this article
shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township to collect
the cost, as certified, for the removal of such snow or ice in the
manner herein authorized.
Violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I.