Part 3
Removal of Snow and Ice From Sidewalks

§21-301 Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Part:

Roadway–portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm shoulder.

Sidewalk or footway–area, paved or unpaved, between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a street, highway or roadway, and the adjacent properties intended for the use of pedestrians.

Street or highway–the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.

(Ord. 409, 4/8/1974, §I)

§21-302 Snow and Ice to Be Removed from Sidewalks.

1.    Every person, partnership, corporation or other entity in charge or control of any building or lot of land within the Borough fronting or abutting on a sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause to be removed and cleared away snow and ice from so much of said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building or lot of land within 24 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain.

2.    Provided, however, that in the event that the snow from any one snowfall shall exceed 12 inches, then the person or entity charged with its removal shall, within the 24-hour period abovementioned, remove or clear away or cause to be removed or cleared away a path of at least 24 inches in width from said sidewalk and shall then within 48 hours after the cessation of said snowfall cause said sidewalk to be completely cleared of snow.

3.    Provided further, however, that in the event snow and ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person or entity charged with its removal shall, within the 24-hour period abovementioned, cause enough sand, salt or other suitable substance to be put on the sidewalk to make travel thereon reasonably safe and shall then, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause said sidewalk to be thoroughly cleaned.

(Ord. 409, 4/8/1974, §II)

§21-303 Deposit of Snow and Ice Restricted.

No person, partnership, corporation or other entity shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow and ice into Borough alleys and streets or on or against any fire hydrant or parking meter.

(Ord. 409, 4/8/1974, §III; as amended by Ord. 691, 2/5/2001, §3)

§21-304 Violations; Work Done; Liability Therefore.

1.    In the event of the failure of any person, partnership, corporation or other entity to clear away or treat with abrasives and subsequently clear away any snow and ice from any sidewalk as hereinbefore provided, or cause this to be done, the Borough, as soon as practicable after such failure, may cause such work to be done.

2.    Each person, partnership, corporation or other entity whose act or omission makes it necessary that the Borough cause work to be done in accordance with this Section shall be liable to the Borough for the cost of such work plus a penalty of 15 percent of such cost.

3.    The Borough shall ascertain and keep a record of the exact cost of all work done in accordance with this Section on account of each act or omission of such person, partnership, corporation or other entity, and he shall identify these persons or entities with particularity and bill them for the cost of the work and the penalty upon completion of said work.

(Ord. 409, 4/8/1974, §IV)

§21-305 Violations and Penalties.

Any violation or failure to comply with the provisions of this Part shall constitute a summary offense and prosecution for every offense shall be according to the practices of summary conviction before the Mayor or magisterial district judge. Any violator, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay all costs incurred by the Borough in any abatement of nuisance, if abated by the Borough, together with the cost of any legal proceeding based thereon and a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 plus costs together with reasonable attorney fees and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. 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.

(Ord. 409, 4/8/1974, §V; as amended by Ord. 825, 10/3/2016, §5(B))