Atlantic County towns require owners to clear their sidewalks. N.J.S.A. 40:65-12 lets every municipality compel removal of snow and ice from abutting sidewalks within twelve daylight hours after it falls. Atlantic City, Ventnor, and Hammonton enforce this by ordinance.
Sidewalk clearing is a real, enforceable duty here, grounded in a state grant of power. N.J.S.A. 40:65-12 authorizes any municipality to compel the owner or tenant of land abutting a public sidewalk to remove all snow and ice within twelve hours of daylight after it falls or forms. Atlantic County's walkable shore cities and towns — Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, Brigantine, and Hammonton — have adopted ordinances doing exactly that, so a homeowner who leaves a walk icy after a storm can be cited. Where the owner fails, the statute lets the municipality clear the walk and charge the cost back to the property.
Leaving snow or ice on a public sidewalk past the ordinance deadline draws a municipal fine, and the town may remove it and bill the owner or lien the property under N.J.S.A. 40:65-12.
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