(Ord. 97-3, 8 / 11 / 1997, §1)

§602. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM SIDEWALKS.

1. Every person in charge or control of any building or lot of land fronting or abutting on a paved sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause to be removed or cleared away, snow and/or ice from a path of at least 30 inches in width from so much of said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building or lot of land, and further remove or dear away snow and/or ice from a path of at least 30 inches in width from an area around any fire hydrant on said property leading to the cartway.

2. Except as provided in subsection (3) hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within 24 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain.

3. In the event snow and/or ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person charged with its removal shall, within the time mentioned in subsection (2) hereof, cause enough sand or other abrasive to be put on the sidewalk to make travel reasonably safe; and shall, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause to be cleared a path in said sidewalk of at least 30 inches in width.

(Ord. 97-3 8 / 11 / 1997, §2)

STREETS AND SIDEWALKS

§603. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMOVAL FROM ROOFS.

Every person in charge or control of any building or other structure, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove and clear away, or cause to be removed and cleared away, any accumulation of snow and ice on said building or other structure which is liable to fall on any sidewalk, roadway or other public way. Such work shall be completed within a reasonable time, but not later than 24 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain.

(Ord. 97-3, 8/11 /1997, §3)

§604. DEPOSITING OF SNOW AND ICE RESTRICTED.

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 areas of a public transportation system, except that snow and ice may be mounded by the New Hanover Township on public cartways incident to the cleaning thereof or mounded on curbs incident to the clearing of sidewalks in business districts.

(Ord. 97-3, 8 / 11 / 1997, §4)

§605. PENALTIES.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs or such other penalty as may be authorized and imposed by law. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense. Notwithstanding the same, the Township may seek enforcement by means of request for injunctive relief or other equitable remedies as may be provided by law in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(Ord. 97-3, 8/11/1997, §5; as amended by Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997)