[Adopted 6-5-1974 as §§ 13-93 to 13-98 of
the 1974 Code]
The tenant or occupant and, in case there shall
be no tenant, the owner of any building or land or any person having
the care of any building or land fronting on any highway where there
is a sidewalk, within eight hours after the ceasing to fall of any
snow, ice or sleet, in the daytime or before 12:00 noon of the following
day, if in the interim, shall remove or cause the same to be removed
from such sidewalk. If the same cannot wholly be removed such person
shall sprinkle it with sand or other proper substance to make the
sidewalk safe for travel thereon.
[Amended 12-13-1982]
After the expiration of the time stated in § 310-20 for the removal of snow, ice or sleet, the Board of Selectmen may have the same removed at the expense of the owner.
The expense for any work done by order of the Board of Selectmen by virtue of § 310-21 shall be and continue to be a lien on the property in favor of the Town. The Board shall cause a proper certificate of lien to be recorded upon the land records of the Town unless the expense shall have been previously paid.
[Amended 3-17-2010]
Any such person who shall fail to comply with
the provisions of this article shall pay a penalty of not more than
$100 to the Town for each and every hour after the required removal
time that said snow, ice or sleet shall not be removed.
The amount of the penalty imposed by § 310-23 shall be added to the amount of the cost of removal and shall be a part of said lien. Said lien shall take precedence over all liens except liens for taxes.
[Added 12-13-1982]
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of Public Act No. 81-340[1] and notwithstanding the provisions of C.G.S. § 13a-149
or any other general statute or special act, the Town of Ridgefield
shall not be liable to any person injured in person or property caused
by the presence of ice or snow on a public sidewalk unless the Town
of Ridgefield is the owner or person in possession and control of
land abutting such sidewalk. The provisions hereof shall not relieve
the Town of Ridgefield from any liability imposed by law resulting
from its affirmative acts with respect to such sidewalk.
[1]
Editor's Note: See C.G.S. § 7-163a.
B.
The owner or person in possession and control of land
abutting a public sidewalk shall have the same duty of care with respect
to the presence of ice or snow on such sidewalk toward the portion
of the sidewalk abutting his property as the Town of Ridgefield had
prior to the effective date hereof and shall be liable to persons
injured in person or property where a breach of said duty is the proximate
cause of such injury.
C.
No action to recover damages for injury to the person
or to property caused by the presence of ice or snow on a public sidewalk
against the person who owns or is in possession and control of land
abutting a public sidewalk shall be brought but within two years from
the date when the injury is first sustained.
