(A) The provisions of this section apply to all properties within the R-3, C-l and C-2 Zoning Districts and all residential properties located within subdivisions containing more than 15 lots in all zoning districts. All other properties are exempt from these provisions.
(B) Owners shall conduct all daily maintenance upon any curb, sidewalk, bike path, pedestrian walkway, swale or gutter within their property or within any right-of-way adjacent to their property necessary to keep such facilities in good repair, passable and unobstructed.
(C) Owners shall keep any curb, sidewalk, bike path, pedestrian walkway or gutter within their property or within any right-of-way adjacent to their property free of refuse, debris and vegetation. Owners shall keep any swale within their property or within any right-of-way adjacent to their property free of refuse and debris and shall properly maintain vegetation in the swale. Such care and maintenance shall be undertaken to ensure that all sidewalks, bike paths and pedestrian walkways remain passable by pedestrians, and that all swales and gutters permit the unrestricted flow of storm water.
(D) Owners of unwooded, developed real property shall maintain their properties and adjacent rights-of-way up to the edge of the cartway with well-maintained gardens or properly trimmed grass and shall conduct all daily maintenance on all reserve strips adjacent to their property.
(E) Owners shall maintain all curbs, sidewalks, bike paths and pedestrian walkways within their property or within any right-of-way adjacent to their property without breaks, irregular surfaces or missing parts, and shall promptly repair or replace curbs, sidewalks, bike paths and pedestrian walkways when such breaks or irregular surfaces or missing parts occur.
(F) With the exception of salting or cindering sidewalks or walkways during a winter storm or trash receptacles within the right-of-way on trash pickup day, no debris or objects (such as trash receptacles, basketball hoops, chairs, cones or the like ) may be placed or thrown onto or into public streets, sidewalks, bike paths, pedestrian walkways, swales, gutters or storm sewer facilities.
(G) Except for daily maintenance, owners are not responsible for the maintenance, repair, replacement or upkeep of swales and gutters located within any right-of-way adjacent to their property.
(H) As a part of daily maintenance, owners are responsible for ensuring that no structures, soil, rocks, vegetation, shrubs, trees and the like intrude onto or into the vertical space above, any cartway, sidewalk, bikepath or pedestrian walkway.
(I) As a part of daily maintenance, owners are responsible for ensuring that no structures, soil, rocks, vegetation, shrubs, trees and the like intrude into any clear site triangle.
(J) The township may require owners of property adjacent to any street or alley, including state highways, to construct, pave, repave and repair sidewalks, curbs, swales and gutters within such street’s or alley’s right-of-way, at such grades as may be prescribed by the township, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Supervisors. Prior to conducting such work, an owner shall apply for and receive a permit from the township for this work.
(Ord. 246, passed 1-14-2021) Penalty, see § 54.99