[Added 3-22-2011]
For purposes of this article, the term "owner" shall be defined as the owner or owners of any property which abuts or is adjacent to a public sidewalk in the Town of Griswold .
Each owner shall be responsible for maintaining, as set forth herein, that portion of any public sidewalk which abuts or is adjacent to his or her property.
Such owner shall remove accumulation of ice or snow within 12 hours after such snow and/or ice has ceased to accumulate, or within such additional time period as the Road Superintendent of the Town of Griswold shall order, and if such owner shall fail to remove said accumulation of snow and ice within the time prescribed, the Road Superintendent may cause the same to be done, the expense therefor to be charged to the owner. Upon failure of the owner to pay such charges within 60 days, the Road Superintendent shall file upon the Town land records a lien in the amount of such costs against the owner's property. Such liens may be enforced and collected in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection and enforcement of tax liens. Until it is practical to remove ice, it must be temporarily sanded with an abrasive or chemical substance (excluding pure salt compound).
Such owner shall be responsible for maintaining such public sidewalk free from all obstructions or materials which may be hazardous to pedestrian traffic such as dirt, sand, leaves, branches, grass clippings, rocks or any other materials. If the owner shall fail to maintain the sidewalk free from the accumulation of such materials, the Road Superintendent may cause the same to be done and may collect the cost thereof from said owner as above provided.
Pursuant to Section 7-163a of the General Statutes and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13a-149 or any other general statute or special act, the Town of Griswold 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 Town is the owner or person in possession and control of land abutting such sidewalk, other than land used as a highway or street, provided the Town of Griswold shall be liable for its affirmative acts with respect to such sidewalk.
A. 
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 and snow on such sidewalk toward the portion of the sidewalk abutting his property as the municipality had prior to January 27, 1989, pursuant to the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes, Section 7-163a, and shall be liable to persons injured in person or property where a breach of said duty is the proximate cause of said injury.
B. 
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.
Any person aggrieved by any order of the Road Superintendent under this article may appeal such order to the Board of Selectmen within 30 days of receipt of the order. The Board of Selectmen shall provide a hearing and an opportunity to be heard for the owner, and may affirm, modify and affirm, and revoke any such order.