[Ord. 7762 § 1, passed 1-26-1934]
It shall be the duty of the occupant of any dwelling, tenement,
store, storehouse, shop, garage, factory or other building fronting
on any paved or unpaved sidewalk in any public street or around the
public parks in the City, and of the person having the charge or care
of any church, schoolhouse or any public building situate as aforesaid,
to remove or cause to be removed all snow, ice or sleet from the sidewalk,
whether paved or unpaved, in front of the respective premises within
three hours after the same shall have ceased to fall or form thereon,
unless such ice or snow is so hardened or frozen that it cannot be
removed without injury to the sidewalk, in which case the walk shall
be kept sprinkled with sand or sawdust to make the surface of the
sidewalk safe, but the ice must be removed as soon as it is possible
to do so.
When a building has two or more occupants, the duty of cleaning
the sidewalks, as aforesaid, shall devolve upon the occupant of the
ground floor. If such ground floor occupants number two or more, each
such occupant shall clean the sidewalk immediately in front of his
respective portions of the building, together with one-half of the
space, if any, intervening between such portion and that of the next
adjoining occupant.
Occupants of corner buildings shall clean the sidewalk in front
thereof, and also on the sides for the distance back from the corner
their occupancy may extend. Sidewalks in front of and at the side
of vacant lots or vacant buildings shall be cleaned as aforesaid by
the owners of such vacant lots or buildings.
When the owner in any such case is a nonresident, it shall be
the duty of the agent of such owner to remove the snow, ice or sleet
as aforesaid. In the event of failure, the City will have the snow
removed at the expense of the owner of the land. In all cases, the
snow, ice or sleet shall, when removed from sidewalks, be thrown toward
the outside of the sidewalk and into the roadway.
[Ord. 7762 § 2, passed 1-26-1934]
No person shall remove snow, ice or sleet from private property
or driveways and deposit same on the roadways of the City.
[Ord. 60-1985 § 1, passed 10-9-1985]
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty
of a summary offense, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
by a fine of $300 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both. Upon
each succeeding offense, the violation shall be subject to the maximum
penalties.