**Winter Safety Reminder**

Article III. Single-Family Dwellings, Apartment Complexes and Commercial Properties
[Adopted 5-3-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-03]
§ 191-6. Duty of owners or occupants to remove.
A.
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants or tenant or tenants of any premises, private, commercial or apartment complexes abutting or bordering upon any street in the Township of Lopatcong, except as provided in § 203-42, shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks of such streets or, in the case of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable, shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand, salt or cinders within 12 hours of day light after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
[Amended 7-3-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12]
B.
After the expiration of the initial twelve-hour period, the Police Department has the authority to issue a written warning allowing for an additional twelve-hour removal period. In addition, the Police Chief may issue a waiver of the removal period upon receipt from the owner or owners, occupant or occupants or tenant or tenants of a written doctor's excuse as to why the snow and ice cannot be removed from the property within the twelve-hour removal period.
[Added 4-4-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-10]