[Amended 7-22-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
A. During times when snow and ice are present, the person
or entity occupying the ground floor of a building, and the owner
of a vacant lot, shall reasonably keep the sidewalk adjoining such
building in such condition that the public may reasonably utilize
said sidewalk for its normal purposes. This provision does not impose
upon the owner/occupant the responsibility to remove snow and ice
continuously during the process of a severe snow storm or during an
ice storm. If the Village has not removed all snow and ice from the
sidewalk by 11:00 a.m., or has not kept the sidewalk open and reasonably
clear of snow and ice thereafter (other than during a severe snow
storm or ice storm), the owner or occupant shall remove such snow
and ice as soon as reasonably practicable, to permit normal use of
said sidewalks.
B. When snow and ice is removed from sidewalks by the
Village using plows, it shall be the duty of the occupant/owner, as
applicable, to reasonably remove remaining snow and ice from the sidewalk
thereafter, to the extent necessary to permit normal use of the sidewalk,
to the width established by the plow.
C. In the event ice has accumulated on the sidewalk,
the owner/occupant, as applicable, shall reasonably endeavor to provide
treatment to the ice as will reasonably permit normal use of the sidewalk.
D. No owner/occupant of real property shall knowingly
discharge and direct water in such a fashion as the same will accumulate
or freeze on a public road or sidewalk. Removal of such accumulation
or ice created by such discharge or direction shall be at the sole
cost of the party causing such discharge or direction of water.
Whenever any owner, lessee, occupant or person
having charge of any parcel of real estate shall fail or neglect to
remove snow or ice from such sidewalk, as herein provided, the Superintendent
of Public Works or the foreman in charge of highways shall cause the
same to be removed therefrom without notice, and the bill for the
cost of the same shall be mailed to the owner at his last known place
of residence, and in case he shall fail to pay the same within 10
days, a statement thereof shall be filed with the Treasurer stating
the cost of the work and location of property upon which the cleaning
was done, and the said Treasurer shall add the same to the tax roll
and it shall be levied against such property and collected in the
same manner as other general Village taxes.