It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or discharge
or to cause, suffer or permit to be placed, deposited or discharged
upon any sidewalk, street or streetway any liquid, solid or substance
of any sort or combination thereof in such a manner that the deposit
will be permitted to run upon or over the surface of any sidewalk,
street or streetway so as to cause damage thereto.
A property owner shall be responsible for removing snow, ice,
and other obstructions, such as holes, broken or missing pavement,
loose stone, excavations, breaks, and projections from the public
sidewalk and curbs abutting his or her property and from all other
surfaces that are not used for public pedestrian use, such as curbs
separated from sidewalks by a grassy median or any other median, and
shall maintain the same in a safe state of repair, free of holes,
ridges or other defects which are hazardous to pedestrian traffic
and shall clean and repair the same from time to time, as needed to
correct such defects. Such property owner shall be liable for any
injury or damage to any person or to such person’s property
occurring because of such owner’s failure or negligence to make,
maintain or repair sidewalks, curbs, and any other surface not used
for public pedestrian use, such as curbs separated from sidewalks
by a grassy median or any other median, or to remove snow, ice or
other obstructions as provided herein.