[Adopted 2-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-03]
The owners, tenants or occupants of any premises abutting any
street, or any person working for or on behalf of any owner, tenant
or occupant, shall remove all snow and ice from the entire length
of the sidewalk within 24 hours after any snowfall or accumulation
of ice occurs.
A.
In the event of a violation of this article, the City may undertake
the removal of all snow and ice from any sidewalk on a City street.
B.
In such event, the cost of such removal shall be certified to the
City Commission by the Superintendent of Public Works in the Department
of Public Works. The Commission shall examine such costs to be billed
to the owner of such abutting premises on which snow or ice removal
work has been performed by the City. If the cost is not promptly paid
by the owner within 15 days, the charge shall be charged against such
premises and be added to and be part of the taxes next to be levied
and collected, with interest, by the same officers and in the same
manner as other taxes.
No person, including any property owner, shall place, deposit,
or allow, or cause to place, snow or ice upon any street, road, sidewalk
or municipal right-of-way nor, without the owner's permission, upon
the lands of any property near, adjoining or across the street from
the property from which the snow and ice has been removed. No such
person shall place such snow or ice in a manner that will obstruct
or impede vehicular or pedestrian traffic or block access to any street,
road, sidewalk or driveway. No person shall place any snow or ice
upon or near any fire hydrant. In the event that the plowing of snow
or ice in a driveway cannot reasonably be accomplished without moving
some snow or ice onto a street, road or right-of-way, such snow or
ice shall be immediately plowed back onto the property from which
it was removed.
Any such owner or occupant or other person having care of any
such property as aforesaid shall be fined a sum of not less than $50
and not more than $250, besides costs of conviction, and a like amount
for each and every day that the snow shall remain on such sidewalk
after the 24 hours.
