[Adopted 6-20-1973 as Ord. No. 470]
The owner, occupant or tenant of every property fronting upon
or alongside any street in the Borough of North Wales is hereby required
to remove or cause to be removed from all of the sidewalks in front
of or alongside such property all snow and ice thereon fallen or formed,
within 24 hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or to be
formed, so that the entire paved width of such sidewalks shall be
cleared of snow and ice. The owner of a property shall be responsible
for conforming to the requirements of this section where such property
is occupied by such owner or is vacant or unoccupied or is a multiple-unit
property having more than one tenanted unit; the tenant or occupier
shall be responsible where the property is composed of a single unit
occupied by such tenant or occupier only.
In any case where the owner, occupant or tenant, as aforesaid, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of § 181-14 of this Article, within the time limit prescribed therein, the borough authorities may proceed immediately to clear all snow and/or ice from the sidewalk of such delinquent and to collect the expenses of such removal, with an additional amount of 10% from such owner, occupant or tenant, which may be in addition to the penalty imposed under § 181-16.
[Amended 5- -1979 by Ord.
No. 538[1]]
Any owner, occupant or tenant who shall fail to remove the snow and/or ice from any sidewalk as required by § 181-14 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Such fine and costs of prosecution may be in addition to the expenses, plus 10%, imposed as provided in § 181-15.
