[Adopted 10-7-1963 as Ch. 21 of the 1963 Code]
[Amended 9-16-1996]
A.
The Police Department, under the direction of the
Chief of Police, shall be responsible for the enforcement of this
article.
B.
The provisions of this article may be enforced by
citation, in addition to other remedies. The following persons have
authority to issue citations for violations pursuant to these sections:
City of Meriden police officer.
[Amended 5-2-1983]
The owner, or the owner's agent, of any premises
abutting upon any street or public place in the City where there is
a sidewalk shall cause all snow to be removed from such sidewalk within
12 hours after sunrise.
[Amended 5-2-1983]
Whenever any sidewalk mentioned in the preceding
section, or any part thereof, is covered with ice, the owner, or the
owner's agent, of the abutting premises shall, within the space of
six hours thereafter, during the daytime, cause such sidewalk to be
made safe and convenient by removing the ice therefrom or by covering
the same with sand or some other suitable substance and renewing such
application as often as may be necessary to keep such sidewalk safe
and convenient.
The Director of Public Works, or his designee,
shall cause all sidewalks which the owner, or the owner's agent, of
the abutting property neglects to clean and make safe for travel,
by removing the snow and ice thereon in accordance with this article,
to be cleaned and made safe for public travel by removing snow and
ice therefrom, and the cost thereof shall be chargeable to such owner
or owner's agent and a lien on such abutting property.
The occupant or, if there is no occupant, the
owner or agent of any building standing upon or so near the line of
a street that snowslides from the roof of such building may endanger
public travel shall, within a reasonable time after the termination
or abatement of a snowstorm, cause the snow to be removed from the
roof thereof in such manner as will not endanger travelers. Whenever
the roof of any building so situated shall, for the space of 24 hours
after the termination or abatement of a snowstorm, remain encumbered
with snow which endangers public safety, the Chief of Police shall
cause such snow to be removed by the City, and the expense thereof
shall be chargeable to the owner or occupant whose duty it was to
remove such snow and shall be collectible by the City in the same
manner that other debts due the City are collected.
No person shall throw or put or cause to be
thrown or put any snow or ice from private premises or from any area
in the rear or outside of the sidewalk into any street in the City
in such manner or to such an extent as unreasonably to impede or cause
inconvenience to public travel.
[Added 5-17-1982]
A.
Pursuant to Public Act No. 81-340,[1] the City of Meriden 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 City of Meriden is the owner or in
possession and control of the land abutting such sidewalk, other than
land used as a highway or street. The City of Meriden shall be liable
for 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 City of Meriden had prior
to the effective date of this section, and the owner or person in
possession and control shall be liable to persons injured in person
or property where a breach of said duty is the proximate cause of
said 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 a 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.
