[Adopted 7-22-1976 as Art. II of Ch. 150 of the 1976 Code[1]]
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Editor's Note: Article II of Ch. 150 of the 1976 Code was originally derived from Ord. No. 141, adopted 6-28-1923, as amended.
All sidewalks in said City shall be kept free and clear of all snow, ice, tall grass, weeds, bushes or other impediments by the owner or owners, tenant or tenants in lands abutting or bordering upon sidewalks.
If the property owner or tenants shall fail to remove all snow and ice within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall be formed or fall thereon, the City will remove the same at the expense of owner.
In cases where the owner or owners, tenant or tenants shall have refused or neglected to remove all tall grass, weeds, bushes or other impediments within three days after notice to remove the same has been served upon the owner or owners, tenant or tenants personally where the land is occupied, or upon the owner or owners by registered mail at the last known address where the land is unoccupied or in case the owner or his address is unknown by posting said notice upon said land, the City may cause the same to be removed under the direction of an officer of the City.
Such officer shall certify the cost thereof to the Board of Commissioners, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands abutting or bordering said sidewalks. The amount so charged shall be filed in the office of the Tax Collector, shall become a lien upon such land and shall be added to and become and form part of the tax next to be assessed and levied upon said lands. The same shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same office and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
Any person violating the terms of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not to exceed $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or to both.