[Adopted 8-18-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977]
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Editor's Note: See Art. IV, Sidewalk Maintenance, of this chapter.
[Amended 4-11-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
No civil action shall be maintained against the Village of Newark Valley, the Village Board of Newark Valley or the Village Supervisor of Public Works for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk was actually given to the Village Clerk-Treasurer or Village Supervisor of Public Works and there was a failure or neglect, within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice, to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of, but no such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk, unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given to the Village Clerk-Treasurer or the Village Supervisor of Public Works and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.
[Amended 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994]
The Village Supervisor of Public Works shall transmit, in writing, to the Village Clerk-Treasurer within five days after the receipt thereof all written notices received by him pursuant to this article. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall cause all written notices received by him or her pursuant to this article to be presented to the Village Board within five days of the receipt thereof or at the next Village meeting, whichever shall be sooner.