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Part 88
88.000 SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL FROM SIDEWALKS* Ord. No. 15a Adopted: April 2, 1973
---------- *Cross reference(s)--Sidewalk maintenance, Pt. 87. ----------
An ordinance to regulate removal of snow and ice on
privately owned property.
THE CITY OF READING ORDAINS THAT:
88.001 Sidewalks to be cleared.
Sec. 1. The occupant of every lot or parcel of land
adjoining any sidewalk or the owner of such lot or parcel of
land, if not occupied, shall clear all ice and snow from
sidewalks adjoining such lot or parcel of land within the time
herein required. When any snow shall fall or drift upon any
sidewalk, the owner or occupant of the lot or of the parcel of
land adjoining the sidewalk shall remove such snow as shall have
fallen or accumulated during the nighttime by 10:00 a.m.; snow
falling or drifting during the day shall be removed before 10:00
a.m. of the following day. When any ice shall form on any
sidewalk, the owner or occupant of the lot or parcel of land
adjoining such sidewalk shall, if practicable, immediately remove
the ice and when immediate removal is impracticable, shall spread
sand, sifted coal ashes, salt or other chemicals produced for the
purpose of snow removal upon the ice in such manner and in such
quantity as to prevent the sidewalk from being slippery and
dangerous to pedestrians and shall remove the ice as soon
thereafter as practicable.
88.002 Failure to clear.
Sec. 2. If any occupant or owner shall neglect or fail to
clear ice or snow from the sidewalk adjoining his lot or parcel
of land within the time limited and herein required or shall
otherwise permit ice or snow to accumulate on such sidewalk, he
shall be guilty of a violation of this Code and in addition, the
Superintendent of Streets may have the accumulated ice or snow
cleared and the expense of removal shall become a debt to the
City from the occupant or owner of such lot or parcel of land and
may be collected as a single lot assessment. The charges for such
removal shall not exceed three ($.03) cents per front foot for a
sidewalk five (5) feet or less in width, and six ($.06) cents per
front foot for a sidewalk six (6) feet or more in width. Charges
for snow and ice removal shall be made each time the City is
forced to remove the snow or ice in compliance with this Chapter.
Effective date. This Ordinance to take effect 10 days after adoption by the City Council.
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