A. The owner, occupant, manager or agent of the owner of real property abutting or fronting on a paved sidewalk shall remove and clear away any snow and ice from such sidewalk within eighteen (18) hours after each snowfall. The responsibility of such owner, occupant, manager or agent for compliance with this subsection shall be joint and several.

B. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow and ice on or against a fire hydrant.

C. No person shall plow, shovel, or otherwise deposit, or cause to be deposited, any snow upon any public way or any portion thereof. It is a specific defense to a charge of violating this subsection that the snow was shoveled or swept directly from a sidewalk in front of a residence in a residential area, and that the snow so deposited did not impair the use of the street by vehicular traffic. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to persons brushing off snow which has accumulated naturally upon a motor vehicle parked on or driven upon a public way.

D. If the director of public works finds that any person has violated the provisions of this section, the director of public works shall notify the person to correct such violation within twenty four (24) hours from the date of the notice. Notice under this subsection is sufficient if hand delivered. No such notice shall be required if the director of public works determines that an emergency exists. If the person so notified fails to correct such violation as required by the notice given by the director of public works or if the director of public works determines that an emergency exists, the director of public works may remove the accumulated snow and ice and charge the costs thereof, plus a penalty of fifty percent (50%) of such costs, to the person violating the provisions of this section. Such costs and penalty shall be in addition to any fine imposed by the municipal court for violation of this section. (Ord. 3, Series 2022)