[Adopted 4-6-1977 as Ord. No. 1977-4]
The owner, occupant or tenant of any premises abutting or bordering
upon any street in the township shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting
sidewalks of such streets and from any fire hydrant located on the property
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 or ashes, within 24
hours of daylight after the same falls or forms thereon.
In case a building is not owner occupied and is occupied by more than
one family or business unit, the tenant or occupant of the first floor or
story thereof is hereby required to remove all snow and ice from the abutting
sidewalk and from any fire hydrant located on the property or, in the case
of ice which it is impracticable to remove, cover the same with sand or ashes,
within 24 hours of daylight after the same forms or falls thereon.
No person, owner, tenant or occupant of any premises abutting on any
street 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 or fire hydrants of the township.
In case such snow or ice is not removed from the sidewalks or fire hydrants or shall be cast, deposited or placed thereon by the owner, tenant or occupant of any premises as provided in §§ 129-1, 129-2 and 129-3 above, the same shall be removed forthwith and the cost of such removal, as nearly as can be ascertained, shall be certified by the officer or employee of the township in charge of removal to the Council. The Council shall examine such certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause the cost to be charged against the real estate so abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and fire hydrants, and the amount charged shall become a lien and a tax upon the real estate or land and be added to, recorded and collected in the same way and manner as the taxes next to 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 by the provisions of this Article shall not constitute any bar to the right of the township to collect the cost as certified for the removal of the snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
In the event of snowfall or a series of snowfalls resulting in snow
accumulation of one inch or more in depth, the owner or manager of any garden
apartment complex and commercial complex in the township shall remove the
snow from the streets, roadways and parking areas of such garden complex and
commercial complex within 24 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or
be formed thereon.
The owner or manager of any garden apartment complex and commercial
complex in the township shall remove all snow and ice from all sidewalks within
the complex and, in the case of ice which cannot be removed, cause the same
to be thoroughly covered with sand, rock salt or ashes, within 24 hours of
daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
Upon the failure of the owner or manager to remove or provide for the
removal of such snow and ice, the township may remove same and the cost thereof
shall be charged against the lands of such garden apartment complex or commercial
complex from which the snow and ice is removed as follows:
A.
The officer or employee of the township in charge of
the removal shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Council.
B.
The Township Council shall examine the certificate and,
if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against the real
estate of the garden apartment complex.
C.
The amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and
tax upon the real estate and be added to and be part of the taxes next to
be levied and assessed thereon, and shall be enforced and collected with interest
by the same officer and in the same manner as any other taxes.
[Added 8-2-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-16]
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500
or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
