The owner or owners, occupant or occupants or agent of every tract of
land fronting on or parallel to any street, highway or public place within
the Township of Pohatcong shall, within 24 hours of daylight after every fall
of snow, remove, or cause to be removed, the snow entirely from the width
of the existing sidewalk parallel to the roadway. Any person violating or
failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing
or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided
above for each separate offense.
Whenever any sidewalk or any part thereof in front of any lot of land
on any street or highway within the Township shall become covered or partly
covered with ice, the owner or owners, occupant or occupants or agent of said
premises shall cause the width of the existing sidewalk parallel to the roadway
to be made safe and convenient for pedestrians by removing the ice therefrom
or by covering the same with sand or other material within the first 24 hours
of daylight after the formation of such ice. Any person violating or failing
to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 by or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing
or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided
above for each separate offense.
In case such owner or owners, occupant or occupants or agent of any
land fronting on any street or highway within said Township shall fail to
remove the snow or ice or cover it with sand, ashes or other material, within
the time hereinbefore required, it shall be lawful for the officer having
charge of the streets of the Township to remove entirely such snow or ice
from the paved portion of the sidewalk in front of said lot or lots of land.
The cost and expense paid and incurred by the officer of the Township
of Pohatcong for removing such snow or ice from any sidewalk shall be ascertained
by the Township Committee and certified to the Assessor of the Township, and such expense shall be added to and form a part of the tax or taxes next to be levied and assessed upon the lot or lots of land in front of which such sidewalk is located, from which snow or ice has been removed by the Township, to be collected according to law and shall be a lien upon said lands until paid; and this liability of the owner or owners of said land shall be in addition to his or her liability to the fine imposed by §§
228-1 and
228-2 of this chapter.
[Amended 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 06-27]
A. Owners of real property on which there has been constructed
a multiple-dwelling-unit building, containing three or more units of dwelling
space, which are occupied or intended to be occupied by three or more persons
who live independent of each other, on which there has been constructed any
private street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway which is open to the
public or to which the public is invited, must remove all snow and ice from
such street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall fall or be formed thereon. In the event that such owner
does not provide for the removal of such snow and ice, the Township of Pohatcong
shall cause the same to be removed, and the cost of such removal shall be
certified to the governing body of the municipality by the officer in charge
of such removal. The governing body shall examine such certification and,
if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against the real
property of such owner, and the amount so charged, as certified, shall become
a lien and tax upon such real property and be added to and be part of the
taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon and enforced and collected, with
interest by the same officer and in the same manner as other taxes.
B. Violations and penalties for multidwelling units. Any
violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine
not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.