A. 
No civil action shall be maintained against the city for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, park, recreational facility, sidewalk, crosswalk, grating, opening, drain or sewer being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless, prior to the occurrence resulting in such damage or injuries, written notice of the defective, unsafe, dangerous, obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge, culvert, park, recreational facility, sidewalk, crosswalk, grating, opening, drain or sewer, relating to the particular place, shall have been filed in the office of the City Clerk of this city and there was a failure or neglect to repair, remedy or remove the defect, danger or obstruction within a reasonable time after the filing of such notice.
B. 
No civil action shall be maintained against the city for damages or injuries to the person sustained in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, park, recreational facility or street of the city unless, previous to the occurrence resulting in such damages or injuries, written notice of the existence of such snow or ice, relating to the particular place, shall have been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the city, and that there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed or the place otherwise made reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the filing of such notice.
C. 
The city shall not be liable in a civil action for damages or injuries to person or property or invasion of personal or property rights of any name or nature whatsoever, whether casual or continuing, arising at law or in equity, alleged to have been caused or sustained, in whole or in part, by or because of any omission of duty, wrongful act, fault, neglect, misfeasance or negligence on the part of the city, or any of its agents, officers or employees, unless a claim therefore, in writing, sworn to be or on behalf of the claimant, setting forth the name and post office address of each claimant and of his attorney, if any, the nature of the claim, the time when, the place where and the manner in which the claim arose and the items of damage or injuries claimed to have been sustained, so far as then practicable, shall be presented to the Common Council within 90 days after the happening of the accident or injury or the occurrence of the act, omission, fault or neglect out of which, or on account of which, the claim arose, and served upon the Mayor or City Clerk or other person, officer, agent, clerk or employee designated by law as a person to whom a summons in an action in the Supreme Court issued against such party may be delivered, and unless an action shall be commenced thereon within one year after the happening of such accident or injury, or the occurrence of such act, omission, fault or neglect; but no action shall be commenced to recover upon or enforce any such claim against the city until the expiration of three months after the service of said notice of claim. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be held to revive any claim or cause of action now barred by any existing requirement or statute of limitations nor to waive any existing limitation now applicable to any claim or cause of action against the city.
D. 
For the purposes of this section, the terms "street," "highway," "sidewalk" and "crosswalk" shall include every path, step or stairway and any other means of access of every kind, nature and description whatsoever leading thereto or therefrom, and which is owned, or controlled and maintained by the City of Kingston.