The owner or occupant of any lot or part of a lot adjoining any public street, alley, highway or avenue in the City, the gutter of which street, alley, highway or avenue is formed or paved with brick or stone adjoining such lot or part of a lot, or the gutter or
sidewalk of which street, alley, highway or avenue adjoining such lot or part of a lot shall hereafter be formed, paved or flagged, and every person having the charge of any church, schoolhouse or any other public building in the City shall, before the hour of 10:00 a.m. next following any day or night in which any snow shall have fallen or ice formed in the City, cause all snow and ice to be cleaned and removed from the
sidewalk of the street, alley, highway or avenue adjoining such lot, part of a lot or a church, schoolhouse or other public building, from the entire width of such
sidewalk, and to such distance as to free and keep open the gutter of the street, alley, highway or avenue in front of and adjoining such lot, church, schoolhouse or public building; provided, however, in case the snow or ice on any portion of such
sidewalk cannot with reasonable diligence be removed, the owner or occupant or person having the charge of the lot or part of the lot adjoining the portion of such
sidewalk where the snow or ice cannot be removed within the time above provided shall sprinkle such
sidewalk with ashes or sand so as to make the same safe for traveling and keep the same so sprinkled with ashes or sand until the snow or ice can be removed therefrom. The owner or occupant of any such lot, part of a lot, and any person having the charge of any such church, schoolhouse or other public building, who shall violate, neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of $75 for each violation. For each 72 hours following the initial violation in which the original violation is not remedied a new ticket will be issued for the infraction with an additional penalty of $75.
[Amended 7-9-2015 by Ord. No. 66]