[Adopted 6-11-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979]
The Town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New
York, or the Town Superintendent of Highways thereof shall not be
liable for nor shall any civil action be maintained against either
of them for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by
reason of any highway, street, sidewalk bridge or culvert being defective,
out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed by snow, ice or otherwise
unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed
condition of such highway, street, sidewalk bridge or culvert, specifying
the particular place, was actually given to the Town Clerk or Town
Superintendent of Highways 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.
The Town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New
York, or the Town Superintendent of Highways shall not be liable for
nor shall any civil action be maintained against either of them for
damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence
of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, street, sidewalk,
bridge or culvert unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular
place, was actually given to the Town Clerk or Town Superintendent
of Highways 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.
