Every person, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company or syndicate in charge or control of any building or lot of land within the City fronting or abutting on any paved sidewalk, whether an owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove and clear away or cause to be removed and cleared away snow and ice from so much of said sidewalk as is in front of or abuts on said building or lot of land. Except as provided in § 250-14 hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within the City on the same day of the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain or within the first eight hours of daylight of the cessation of any such fall, whichever period is longer.
In the event that snow or ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person or entity responsible for its removal within the time mentioned in § 250-13 hereof shall place sand or other approved substance on the sidewalk to make travel thereon reasonably safe and shall then, as soon thereafter as weather permits, cause said sidewalk to be thoroughly cleaned.