[Adopted 12-26-1911 as Art. III, Sec. 6, of the Code of 1911; amended in its
entirety 2-25-2020 by G.O. No. 2-2020]
It shall be the duty of every owner, or their designee, of any
house or other building and of every owner of any vacant lot to keep
or cause to be kept the sidewalks in front of the premises owned or
occupied by him clear and clean from snow, ice and dirt. It shall
also be the duty of every owner or designee of any house or other
building and of every owner of any vacant lot abutting any fire hydrant
to clear or cause to be cleared a three-foot area measured from the
center line of such fire hydrant of snow and ice.
Snow and ice shall be removed from abutting fire hydrants and
such sidewalks for the whole width thereof within six hours after
every fall of snow which shall cease in the daytime and before 12:00
noon of the day after any fall of snow which may come in the nighttime.
It shall be unlawful in any manner to sweep, throw or deposit or cause
to be swept, thrown or deposited any snow or ice into any street,
street gutter, or sidewalk, or to obstruct the use of any fire hydrant.
In case such owner, or their designee, shall not comply with
the provisions of this article and shall not keep the sidewalks and
areas around fire hydrants free from ice and snow as required in this
article, the Commissioner of Public Works may cause such work to be
done and may cause such ice and snow to be removed.
The Commissioner of Public Works shall file with the City Clerk
a certificate of the expense of such work, together with a description
of the property in front of which the work was done. The City Clerk
shall file this certificate with the City Council at the next regular
meeting thereon.
