No civil action shall be maintained against the City for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, or in consequence of the existence of snow or ice thereon, unless it appears that written notice of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, or of the existence of snow or ice, was actually given to the City Engineer 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 to cause the snow or ice to be removed, or the place otherwise made reasonably safe. The City Engineer shall keep an indexed record, in a separate book, of all written notices which he shall receive of the existence of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, or of such snow or ice, 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. The record of notices of defects shall be a public record. The record of each notice shall be preserved for a period of five years after the date it is received.
No action or proceeding to recover or enforce any claim, debt or demand against the City shall be brought until the expiration of 30 days after the claim, debt or demand shall have been presented to the City for audit. All actions brought against the City upon any contract liability, express or implied, must be commenced within one year from the time that the cause of action accrued.
In all cases except on contract or negligence, an action must be commenced within six months after the refusal of the City to allow the claim or such shorter period as otherwise prescribed by law.