It shall be unlawful for any person to injure or tear up any
pavement, sidewalk or crosswalk, drain or sewer, or any part thereof,
or to dig any hole, ditch or drain in any street, pavement or sidewalk,
without authority from the Owasco Highway Superintendent or Town Board,
or to hinder or obstruct the making or repairing of any pavement or
sidewalk or crosswalk under any law or resolution of the Town Board,
or to hinder or obstruct any persons employed by the Town Board or
the person employed by them in making or repairing any public improvement
or work ordered by the Town.
Unless caused by the owner of property abutting upon a public
sidewalk, it shall be the duty of the Town of Owasco to maintain said
sidewalk in a good state of repair and to repair any and all defects
therein.
All persons shall be and are hereby prohibited from sled riding
or coasting on any sidewalk in the Town.
All sidewalks which are installed to replace existing sidewalks
or installed as new sidewalks along street frontages in alignment
with adjacent sidewalks, or between the property line and the pavement
or curbline if there is no adjacent sidewalk, shall be four feet in
width and constructed of concrete.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Town or any
Town employee or official for damages or injuries to person or property
sustained by reason of any defect in the sidewalks of the Town or
in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any of its sidewalks,
unless such sidewalks have been constructed or are maintained by the
Town pursuant to statute, nor shall any action be maintained for damages
or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of such defect
or in consequence of such existence of snow or ice unless written
notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given
to the Town Clerk and there was a failure or neglect to cause such
defect to be remedied, such snow or ice to be removed, or to make
the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after
the receipt of such notice.
The written notice required hereunder shall contain at least
the following information:
A. The name and mailing address of the person giving notice.
B. A precise statement as to the nature and extent of any defective,
unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or the existence of snow
or ice upon any street, bridge, crosswalk, culvert, park, parking
lot, sewer, reservoir, water tower, electrical distribution equipment
or other Town property.
C. The approximate date that such condition first became known to the
person giving notice.
D. The exact location of such condition, giving wherever possible reference
to street address or addresses, utility pole number or other geographic
reference as will aid the Town in properly locating and correcting
such condition.