The purpose of this article is to provide for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village of Lowville by providing for the removal of snow from sidewalks within the Village of Lowville.
[Adopted 1-20-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
This article shall hereafter be known and cited as the "Removal of Snow from Sidewalks Law."
This article is adopted under the authority of the laws of the State of New York.
As used in this article, the following definitions will prevail:
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Lowville, New York.
Includes an individual, partnership, corporation, receiver, association, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other person(s) having a legal interest in property.
Includes all persons making use of public streets or sidewalks for foot passage.
That portion of a street outside of the roadway, used or set aside for use of pedestrians or that portion of land abutting a roadway, used or set aside for the use of pedestrians.
The Village of Lowville, New York.
A.
The owner or occupant, tenant, lessee, undertenant, receiver or assignee of premises abutting any street where a sidewalk has been laid shall make a reasonable effort to clear snow from the sidewalk on such premises so that the sidewalk is in a passable condition and clear from snow at all times. If the owner or occupant above mentioned shall fail to remove snow within 48 hours after it has fallen on the sidewalk, and after having been notified of the condition and being requested by the village to clear the sidewalk of snow, the village may provide for the removal thereof at the expense of the owner of such premises and such charge shall become a lien upon the premises benefited thereby and shall be collected by the Village Treasurer as provided by law.
B.
No person shall shovel, plow, throw or otherwise deposit any snow on any sidewalk, street, highway or other public way within the village.
C.
No person shall permit the eaves of any building owned or occupied by them to shed water upon any sidewalk abutting the premises and shall keep the eaves and gutters of any such building open and free from accumulating snow upon any sidewalk within the village.
A.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions and remedies contained elsewhere herein, failure to comply with any section of this article shall be a violation.
B.
Each day that a prohibited condition as defined in this article shall be allowed to continue to exist, shall constitute a separate violation.
C.
This article may be enforced either by removing the snow, as outlined above, or by charging the owner or occupant, tenant, lessee, undertenant, receiver or assignee of premises abutting the sidewalk with a violation.
A violation of this article or any section thereof or any part of any section thereof shall be a violation and shall be punishable by fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Board of Trustees from enforcing obedience of this article or any part or section thereof by injunction or other legal proceedings before any Court of competent jurisdiction or in any other legal manner.