SNOW REMOVAL
Snow removal
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any sidewalk the surface of which has been covered with cement, brick, flagstone, board, cinder, crushed stone, gravel, or other similar material.
OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, and TENANTS
Any individual, partnership, incorporated association, society, or institution.
§ 480-2Removal by owner, occupant, or tenant.
The owner, occupant or tenant of every property fronting upon or alongside of any of the streets in the Borough of Newtown is hereby required to remove or cause to be removed from the improved sidewalks in front of or alongside of such property all snow or ice thereon fallen or formed within eight hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or form, provided that snow or ice which has ceased to fall or to be formed after 6:00 p.m. of any evening may be removed at any time before 12:00 noon of the next day.
The owner of a property shall be solely responsible for complying with the requirements hereof when the property is unoccupied or is occupied either by the owner alone or by the owner and tenants or occupants concurrently.
The tenant or occupier shall be solely responsible when such property is occupied by such tenant or occupant only.
The owner shall be solely responsible when the property is a multiple-business or multiple-dwelling property, occupied by more than one tenant or occupant.
§ 480-4Violations and penalties.
Any owner, occupant or tenant who shall fail to remove any snow or ice from any sidewalk as required by § 480-2 shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County.
Such fines and costs of prosecution may be in addition to any expenses and additional amounts authorized by law, imposed as provided in § 480-3.
