[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.
