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Editor's Note: This Article consists of Ord. No. 5, adopted
3-30-1931 and amended 1-27-1936.
[Ord. No. 5; § 1, 3-30-1931; L.L. No. 2-1988, § 1]
The owner, lessee, occupant or person in charge of each and
every parcel of real estate in the Village, abutting or bordering
upon any street, avenue, highway or other place, shall remove or cause
to be removed all snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of or adjacent
to such premises to the full paved width of such sidewalk within four
hours after such snow or ice shall have ceased falling or accumulating
thereon, except that when said snow or ice shall have ceased falling
between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., the said snow or ice
shall be removed within four hours of 7:00 a.m. or no later than 11:00
a.m. of said day, provided that where footways or sidewalks have not
been paved or duly established, snow and ice shall be removed to a
width of not less than four feet from the portion of the street or
way which is used in common as a footway in such street or way.
[Ord. No. 5, § 2, 3-30-1931]
In case the snow and ice on the sidewalk shall be frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the pavement, the lessee, occupant, person having charge or owner of every parcel of real estate shall, within the time specified in § 19-28, cause the sidewalk abutting or adjacent to such premises to be strewn and to be kept strewn with ashes, sand, sawdust or some other suitable material and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit, thoroughly clean such sidewalk.
[Ord. No. 5, § 4, 3-30-1931; L.L.
No. 1-1994, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or put or cause
to be thrown or put any snow or ice into the traffic lane or lanes
of any street.
[Ord. No. 5, § 5, 3-30-1931; L.L.
No. 2-1988, § 2]
The owner, lessee, occupant or person in charge of any building
so located, abutting upon or so near to any public street or place,
that snow or ice may fall from the roof thereof shall cause all snow
and ice to be removed from such roof within four hours after the same
shall have ceased falling or accumulating, except that when said snow
or ice shall have ceased falling or accumulating between the hours
of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, then said ice or
snow shall be removed within four hours of 7:00 a.m. or not later
than 11:00 a.m. of said day; or such person shall provide suitable
guards so that the ice or snow shall not be discharged upon the sidewalk.
[Ord. No. 5, § 6, 3-30-1931]
It shall be the duty of each police officer to enforce the provisions of this Article and, if he finds that the snow and ice have not been removed from the sidewalks and roofs or spread with sand or other substance as explained in § 19-29, immediately to notify the Village Clerk thereof.
[Ord. No. 5, § 7, 3-30-1931]
(a)
Whenever any owner, lessee, occupant or person having charge of any
parcel of real estate, shall fail or neglect to remove snow and ice
from any such sidewalk or roof, as provided in this Article, the Village
Clerk, without notice, may have the ice and snow removed therefrom.
(b)
A bill for the expense incurred thereby shall be presented by the
Village Clerk to the owner personally or by leaving the same at his
residence or, if he is a nonresident, by mailing the same to his last
known place of residence or, if the name of such owner or his place
of residence cannot be ascertained after due diligence, by posting
the same in a conspicuous place on his premises; and if he shall fail
to pay the same within 10 days thereafter, the Village Clerk shall
file each year immediately preceding the time for making the annual
assessment roll his certificate of the actual cost of the work with
the Assessor, which cost shall thereafter become a lien upon the property
in front of which the cleaning was done and shall be added to and
become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed or levied
upon such lot or land and shall bear interest at the same rate as
taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and
in the same manner as taxes.
(c)
The imposition and collection of any penalty prescribed by this Article
shall not bar the right of the Village to collect the cost of the
removal and cleaning of snow and ice from the sidewalks and roofs
as herein provided.
[Ord. No. 5, § 8, 3-30-1931]
Any owner, lessee, occupant or person in charge who shall fail, neglect or refuse to remove snow and ice or strew the same with sand or other substance as directed in this Article or who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article or who shall resist or obstruct the Village Clerk or his employees in the removal of snow and ice shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as prescribed in § 1-7; and each day on which such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense and such violation shall constitute disorderly conduct and the person so offending shall be deemed a disorderly person.
