Any sidewalk, parkway, driveway or curb which has become or is defective, unsafe or hazardous is hereby declared a nuisance. It shall be the duty of the owner, or the agent in charge, or the tenant, of the property abutting on any street, avenue, public alley, place, square, section or part thereof along which a sidewalk, curb or driveway is ordered by the city engineer to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired, within thirty (30) days from the receipt of notice from the city engineer, to construct, reconstruct or repair such sidewalk, curb or driveway. The failure of any owner, or the agent of any owner, or the tenant, to construct, reconstruct or repair any such sidewalk, curb or driveway ordered to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired by the city engineer shall be a misdemeanor.
(1950 Code, ch. 22, sec. 4; 1957 Code, sec. 16-4)