[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.
[Amended 5-2-1983; 3-19-2001]
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.