The purpose of this chapter is to provide that no civil action shall
be maintained for damages or injuries in consequence of any streets, sidewalks,
buildings or other facilities being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous,
obstructed or in consequence of any snow or ice thereon unless written notice
was theretofore given and there was a failure to take action within a reasonable
time.
The Town Superintendent of Highways shall transmit in writing to the
Town Clerk, within five days after receipt thereof, all written notices received
by him pursuant to this chapter. The Town Clerk shall cause all written notices
received by him or her pursuant to this chapter to be recorded and preserved
pursuant to Town Law § 65-a, Subdivision 4.
This chapter shall supersede in its application to the Town of Tonawanda
Subdivisions 1 through 3 of § 65-a of the Town Law.
Chapter
183, Article II, Notification of Defects, of the Code of the Town of Tonawanda, New York, originally adopted as Local Law No. 6-1977, as amended, is hereby repealed.