§ 16-8. Removal of snow or ice from sidewalks.

(a)

The owner or occupant of any premises fronting or adjoining any street or public place within the borough, where there is any sidewalk, shall after the fall of any snow, clean the same from all such sidewalks within six (6) hours after 7:00 a.m. if the snow has ceased falling before that hour, and if the snow has not ceased falling before 7:00 a.m. then the sidewalks shall be cleaned within six (6) daylight hours after the snow has ceased to fall. Whenever any ice may form on any such sidewalk from any cause, such ice shall be removed within one (1) hour after such formation, provided such hour is between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and when the snow or ice cannot be wholly removed, the owner or occupant shall sprinkle sand or other substance thereon, keeping a sufficient quantity thereon at all times to make it safe for public travel.

(b)

After the expiration of the time mentioned in subsection (a), the superintendent of streets shall proceed to clean or sand the sidewalks at the expense of the owner or occupant of the adjoining premises, charging them the prevailing borough street department hourly labor and equipment rates for each man and the equipment employed in cleaning or sanding the same; and the costs may be collected from the owner as provided in section 63, subdivision 33 of the Charter; but nothing in this subsection shall relieve the owner or occupant from the penalty or duties imposed by subsection (a).

(Code 1973, § 22-8)

State law reference

Authority of borough to require owners and occupants of land to remove snow, ice, etc., from sidewalks, G.S. § 7-148(c)(6)(C)(v).