It is the intent and purpose of this Article to protect the health,
safety and welfare of pedestrians on sidewalks and streets and of motorists
using town streets.
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
GUTTER
That portion of a town street that is no more than three (3) feet
from a curb or edge of the paved surface of such street.
The owners and/or occupant of premises abutting and/or bordering on paved sidewalks along town streets shall remove all ice and/or snow from the sidewalks in RO, PB-O, PB-O(K), PB-R, NB, CB, RB, and LI Districts, as the same are defined in Chapter
125 of the Town Code, or in the case of ice which may be so frozen to same, to be thoroughly covered with sand, within twelve (12) hours after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
No owner or occupant of any premises abutting on any town street shall
throw, place or deposit any snow or ice into or upon any such street, with
the exception that the same may be deposited in the gutter, as the same is
defined herein, only in the event that there is no facility to deposit the
same on the premises.
Each day after a person has been served with a copy of a notice to comply,
in accordance with this Article, and fails to comply with the provisions of
this Article shall constitute a separate offense.
Should any paragraph, section or portion of this Article be declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unlawful, the same shall
not affect the remainder of this Article as a whole or any part thereof other
than the part so declared to be invalid.
This Article shall take effect immediately.