[Adopted 5-10-1983 as Ord. No. 6-1983]
A.
Any person owning any land fronting upon any street
or sidewalk in the Town shall, at his own charge and expense, maintain
in good repair, in accordance with the requirements of this article
and regulations promulgated hereunder, the sidewalk in front of such
house or premises or lot.
B.
The surface of all concrete sidewalks shall be kept
properly roughened so as not to become smooth and slippery.
A.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen may, by resolution,
cause a notice in writing to be served upon the owners or occupants
of land abutting any sidewalk which has not been maintained in good
repair in accordance with the requirements of this article and the
regulations promulgated hereunder.
B.
The notice shall state the following:
(1)
The necessary specified work to said sidewalk required
to be done by said owner or occupant.
(2)
The time within which such work shall be completed,
provided that said time period shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of service of such notice.
(3)
The failure of the owner or occupant to perform the
required work within the time period stated shall permit the municipality
to cause the work to be done and paid for out of available municipal
funds, following which the cost of such work shall become a lien upon
the abutting lands in front of which such work was done. Such lien
shall have the same effect as an assessment for local improvements
and may be collected in a manner provided by law for the collection
of such other assessments.
(4)
Such notice shall further state that a municipality
may have an action to recover the cost of such work against the owner
of lands in any court having competent jurisdiction there.
C.
Whenever any lands are unoccupied and the owner cannot
be found within the municipality, the notice may be mailed, postage
prepaid, to his or her post office address, if the same can be ascertained;
in case such owner is a nonresident of the municipality or his or
her post office address cannot be ascertained, then the notice may
be inserted for two weeks, once a week, in some newspaper of such
municipality or, if none be published therein, then in some newspaper
published in the state and circulating in said municipality.
[Added 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 19-1996; amended 4-9-2002 by Ord. No. 11-2002]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be subject
to one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,250, a term
of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.
