Section 6-628. Liability of Village in certain
actions.
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No civil action shall be maintained against
the Village for damages for injuries to person or property sustained
in consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk,
crosswalk, park, parking field, parking space, golf course, yacht
basin or other recreational area, public building, public grounds
or other building or area open for use by the public being defective,
out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed or for damages for
injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of the existence
of snow or ice upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, street, highway, bridge,
culvert, park, parking field, parking space, golf course, yacht basin
or other recreational area, public building, public grounds or other
building or area open for use by the public or in consequence of any
traffic control sign or signal or streetlight being defective, out
of repair, not working, improperly located, obstructed, obliterated,
damaged, removed or inoperative from any cause or in consequence of
any street, highway, sidewalk or pedestrian crossing being unsafe
or dangerous by reason thereof, unless written notice of the defective,
unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or of the existence of the
snow or ice, relating to the particular place, or of the condition
of such traffic control sign or signal or streetlight was actually
given to the Village Clerk and there was a failure or neglect, within
a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice, to repair or remove
the defect, danger or obstruction complained of or to cause the snow
or ice to be removed or to repair and/or replace such traffic control
sign or signal or streetlight or to correct such condition or to make
the place otherwise reasonably safe.
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