[Adopted by Ord. No. 250 (Secs. 18-34 through 18-38 of the 1970 Revised Ordinances)]
[Added by Ord. No. 674]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GRASS, WEEDS AND IMPEDIMENTS
Includes grass, weeds, bushes, brush, undergrowth and other impediments.
SIDEWALK
The cement, asphalt, flagstone, slate or established walks between the traveled roadway and the adjacent property line.
[Amended by Ord. No. 674]
The owner or tenant in possession of any lands abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks of public streets of the Borough shall remove or cause to be removed from, on and along the abutting sidewalks of said streets:
A. 
All snow and ice therefrom within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon, except that in the event that ice becomes so frozen as to make removal impracticable, said owner or tenant shall thoroughly cover or cause to be thoroughly covered such ice, with sand, ashes, cinders or dirt, within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
B. 
All grass, weeds and impediments (as defined in § 380-15) from the said sidewalks in front of said lands within three days after notice to remove the same given or caused to be given by the Police Department, which notice may be served upon the owner or tenant by personal service or by registered or certified mail addressed to his last known address, return receipt requested.
In case the owner or tenant shall have failed, neglected or refused to remove said snow, ice, grass, weeds and other impediments within the time provided in § 380-16, the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works shall remove, or cause the same to be removed and he shall certify the cost of said removal to the Council.
Upon receipt of the certificate referred to in § 380-17, the Mayor and Council shall examine same, and if found correct, shall adopt a resolution directing that the costs as aforesaid shall be charged against the lands abutting upon the sidewalks as aforesaid, and shall cause a certified copy of such resolution to be delivered to the Borough collector. The amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon such lands, and shall be added to and become part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon such lands. Said amount shall bear interest at the same rate and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended by Ord. No. 742]
A. 
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or both.
[Amended 6-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1385]
B. 
The imposition and collection of any penalty imposed by the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Borough to collect the cost of removal as provided in § 380-18.