[Adopted 10-26-1995 by Ord. No. 26-1995 as Sec. 4-17 of the 1994 Code]
A. 
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, tenants or tenant of premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the Township 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 cinders within 24 hours 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 it is impracticable to remove, cover the same with sand, salt or cinders within 24 hours after the same shall be formed or fall thereon. The sidewalk shall be cleared from snow and ice, creating a clear open path not less than 24 inches in width.
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.
A. 
Relief from the duties mandated by this article shall be granted to the following individuals:
(1) 
Senior citizens, 62 years of age or older, who certify to the Township Clerk that they are unable to carry out the provisions of this article.
(2) 
Handicapped or disabled persons who certify to the Township Clerk that they are unable to carry out the provisions of this article.
(3) 
Any other person who certifies to the Township Clerk the specific reasons that make him/her unable to carry out the provisions of this article.
B. 
The certification mentioned in Subsection A(1), (2) and (3) above must be executed prior to any alleged violation of this article.