As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Public Works or its designee.
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS
That address for the owner or occupant as shown in the assessment
records of the Commissioners of Bridgeville.
OCCUPANT
The tenant or tenants with respect to one- or two-family
dwellings, the manager or person having care, custody or control of
the building or lot with respect to three-family or larger dwellings,
commercial businesses, industrial premises, vacant lots, or unoccupied
buildings.
OWNER
The fee owner and/or contract purchaser of the building or
lot as listed in the assessment records of the Commissioners of Bridgeville.
The owner or occupant of any building or lot
abutting a public sidewalk is responsible for and shall remove any
accumulation of snow and/or ice from said public sidewalk within 24
hours after the snow and/or ice has ceased to fall, gather or accumulate.
Snow and/or ice which is allowed to remain upon
any public sidewalk in Bridgeville for a period of longer than 24
hours after the snow and/or ice has ceased to fall, gather or accumulate
thereon is hereby declared to be a nuisance. The Department is authorized
to remove the snow and/or ice or arrange for the removal of same and
charge the costs incurred against the abutting property.
Before the Department shall abate such nuisance, it shall serve or cause to be served upon the owner or occupant of the abutting property a written notice informing the property owner or occupant that a complaint has been received by the Town indicating the ice and/or snow has not been removed from the sidewalk within 24 hours after the snow and/or ice has ceased to fall, gather or accumulate. Such notice shall describe the location of the snow and/or ice and inform the owner or occupant that the Department will inspect the property no earlier than 48 hours from the date of the notice to ascertain whether a nuisance exists. If upon inspection by the Department the sidewalk is found to be a violation of §
197-2, the Department may immediately schedule abatement by the Department or a private contractor.
The Department may, in cases of extreme hardship
or difficulty, require in the notice an additional or alternative
method of abatement including, but not limited to, sanding or salting
of the sidewalk.
If after 48 hours following the service of such
notice the nuisance has not been abated, the Town of Bridgeville shall
cause its abatement by the Department or a private contractor. An
accurate record of the costs incurred therein shall be kept by the
Department and reported to the department of finance and management
services. The total costs of this abatement, including the administrative
costs incurred by the Town in processing the abatement, shall be assessed
as a special assessment against the abutting real property in the
manner provided for by law and shall be collected in accordance with
those applicable provisions.
[Amended 4-9-2012 by Ord.
No. A12-2; 2-11-2013 by Ord. No. A13-2]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall pay such fines as set out in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, Penalties.
In order to expedite and efficiently remove
accumulated snow or ice, or both, within the corporate limits of the
Town of Bridgeville, residents having access to their yard from an
alleyway shall so utilize and park their vehicle(s) accordingly. If
a driveway does not exist, all residents with an odd-number address
should move their vehicle(s) to the opposite side of the street; after
snow or ice has been removed from the odd-number side of the street,
all vehicle(s) should be moved to the opposite side of the street.