[Amended 3-5-1984 by Ord. No. 1984-4]
This article shall be known as the "Millersville
Snow and Ice Removal Ordinance."
[Amended 2-27-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-2]
A. The owner, occupant or tenant of every property in
the Borough located upon or alongside any part of any street having
a sidewalk shall remove or have removed from all sidewalks in front
of or alongside that property, so as to provide a clear and safe passage
on the sidewalk for pedestrians, all snow and ice fallen or formed
upon that sidewalk within 24 hours after the snow or ice has ceased
to fall or to form.
B. The owner, occupant or tenant of every property in
the Borough shall be required to keep the sidewalk, curb and/or gutter
in front of or alongside that property at all times clear of litter,
which shall mean any waste or unused products or material, including
but not limited to garbage, refuse, rubbish and trash.
C. The owner of a property shall be responsible for conforming
to the requirements of this section where the property is occupied
by the owner or is unoccupied; the tenant or occupant shall be responsible
where the property is occupied by that tenant or occupant only; and
the owner shall be responsible where the property is a multiple-business
or multiple-dwelling property occupied by more than one tenant or
occupant.
D. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any
snow or ice on or immediately next to a fire hydrant or on any sidewalk,
roadway or loading and unloading area of the public streets, except
that snow and ice may be mounded by Millersville Borough on public
cartways incident to the cleaning thereof or mounded on curbs.
[Amended 5-7-1984 by Ord. No. 1984-7; 7-25-1995 by Ord. No.
1995-5]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of
payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed
30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall
constitute a separate offense.