[Adopted 6-25-1984 by Ord. No. 84-23 (Sec. 3-6 of the Revised General Ordinances); amended in its entirety 4-23-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-14]
The owner, occupant or tenant of the 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 event of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable, shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand, ashes or rock salt within 24 hours after the same shall cease to fall or be formed thereon.
No person, owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting on any street or sidewalk shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice accumulated on private property into or upon any such street or sidewalk in the Township.
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Duties of owners/occupants. The owner, occupant or tenant of the premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the Township shall repair and maintain the abutting sidewalks and retaining walls of such streets in accordance with the standard construction details for sidewalks and retaining walls on file in the office of the Township Engineer. This standard does not apply to those types of large retaining walls typically constructed as part of grade separated roadway intersection improvements projects.
B. 
Notice to repair. Whenever an owner, occupant or tenant of such property shall fail to maintain and repair the sidewalks and retaining walls abutting said owner's, occupant's or tenant's property or shall permit them to deteriorate into such condition that the safety of the public is impaired, written notice shall be given to the owner and occupant or tenant, if any, directing said owner, occupant or tenant to perform such maintenance or repairs within 30 days after the giving of the notice.
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Contents of notice; service. The notice shall contain a description of the property sufficient to identify it, but need not contain a legal description. Notice may be given in the same manner as provided for the service of judicial process in any of the courts of the State of New Jersey or by sending it registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the owner and occupant or tenant, if any, at his or her last known post office address.
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Noncompliance procedure. If the owner and occupant or tenant, if any, of such lands to whom such notice shall have been given as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to perform such repairs or maintenance within the thirty-day period, then the work may be performed by the Township. The cost of said work, when certified to the Township Engineer and found by it to be correct, shall be charged against the property affected, as provided for in N.J.S.A. 40:65-14 et seq. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, bearing interest at the same rate as taxes and collected and enforced in the same manner as taxes.
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Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any property owner from the obligation of inspecting and maintaining any sidewalks or retaining walls located in the public right-of-way abutting their property, nor be construed as an assumption by the Township of any responsibility to inspect sidewalks.
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Feasibility. A retaining wall in the public right-of-way is permitted only where it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Township Engineer that there is no feasible, reasonable alternative to either construct the retaining wall outside of the public right-of-way, or to perform an alternative slope treatment to solve the grade differential problem. No wall is permitted where it may present a danger or hazard to public welfare. No wall is permitted where it may violate clear sight triangle requirements at street corners.
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Permits. No sidewalk or retaining wall located in the public right-of-way shall be constructed, altered, repaired or replaced except pursuant to a permit issued by the Township Engineer on application and payment of an application fee in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Repairs of a minor nature shall be exempt from the requirement for the filing of a plan and from the fee requirement.
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Standards. All sidewalks and retaining walls in the public right-of-way shall be constructed, repaired or altered in accordance with the standard construction details for sidewalks and retaining walls on file in the office of the Township Engineer.
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Specifications and grades for sidewalks. All new sidewalks shall be constructed of Portland cement air-entrained concrete, having a standard compressive strength of 4,500 pounds per square inch, of natural color, to lines and grades approved by the Township Engineer, and in the manner and under the conditions hereinafter specified in this chapter. All repairs, replacements or alterations to existing sidewalks may be constructed of the same material used in the existing sidewalk.
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Specifications and grades for retaining walls. Upon the approval of the Township Engineer, retaining walls may be constructed of steel-reinforced Portland cement concrete, a commercial modular concrete block retaining wall system, brick or stone, or a combination of the above, to lines and grades approved by the Township Engineer, and in the manner and under the conditions hereinafter specified in this chapter. Design requirements for walls are subject to proposed height, surcharge loads from adjacent structures and/or driveways, and site soil conditions. In instances where the slope on the upper side of the retaining wall exceeds 3:1 and/or wall height exceeds 47 inches, a guard rail or other restraining device must be provided at the top of the retaining wall.
Any owner, occupant or tenant violating any provision of this article shall be liable to the penalties established in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, Penalty, § 1-3.