[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Colden
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 92.
[Adopted 3-9-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978; amended in its entirety 11-8-2001 by L.L. No.
2-2001]
No civil action shall be maintained against the Town of Colden
or the Town of Colden Superintendent of Highways for damages or injuries
to person or property sustained by reason of any highway, bridge or
culvert being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed
unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed
condition of such highway, bridge or culvert was actually given to
the Town Clerk or Town Superintendent of Highways and there was a
failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the giving of such
notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained
of or, in the absence of such notice, unless such defective, unsafe,
dangerous or obstructed condition existed for so long a period that
the same should have been discovered and remedied in the exercise
of reasonable care and diligence; but no such action shall be maintained
for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in
consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, bridge
or culvert, unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular
place, was actually given to the Town Clerk or Town Superintendent
of Highways and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow
or ice to be removed, or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe
within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Town of Colden
or the Town of Colden Superintendent of Highways for damages or injuries
to person or property sustained by reason of any defect in its sidewalks
or in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any of its
sidewalks, unless such sidewalks have been constructed or are maintained
by the Town or the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Colden
pursuant to statute, nor shall any action be maintained for damages
or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of such defect
or in consequence of such existence of snow or ice unless written
notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given
to the Town Clerk or the Town Superintendent of Highways, and there
was a failure or neglect to cause such defect to be remedied, such
snow or ice to be removed, or to make the place otherwise reasonably
safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.
The Town Superintendent of Highways shall transmit in writing
to the Town Clerk, within 10 days after the receipt thereof, all written
notices received by him/her pursuant to this article.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Colden shall keep an indexed record,
in a separate book, of all written notices which he/she shall receive
of the existence of a defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition
in or upon, or of an accumulation of ice or snow upon, any Town highway,
bridge, culvert or sidewalk, which record shall state the date of
receipt of the notice, the nature and location of the condition stated
to exist, and the name and address of the person from whom the notice
is received. All such written notices shall be indexed
according to the location of the alleged defective, unsafe, dangerous
or obstructed condition or the location of accumulated snow or ice.
The record of each notice shall be preserved for a period of five
years after the date it is received.
