[Adopted 12-18-1979 by L.L. No. 4-1979; amended in its entirety 7-6-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993]
[Amended 1-6-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
[Amended 1-6-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
No civil action shall be maintained against
the Town or Town employees or the Commissioner of Public Works or
Superintendent of Recreation and Parks for damages or injuries to
persons or property sustained by reason of any defect in or snow or
ice upon its highways, streets, roads, bridges, culverts, sidewalks,
walkways, hiking trails, parks, parking lots or parking areas, unless
written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually
given to the Town Clerk or to the Town Commissioner of Public Works
or to the Town Superintendent of Recreation and Parks and there was
a failure to remove such snow or ice or to make the place reasonably
safe within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice.
[Amended 1-6-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
The Town Commissioner of Public Works and the Town Superintendent of Recreation and Parks shall transmit in writing to the Town Clerk, within five days after the receipt thereof, written notices received by them pursuant to this Part 2 and Subdivision 2 of § 65-a of the Town Law. The Town Clerk shall cause all written notices received by him or her pursuant to this Part 2 to be presented to the Town Board, within five days of the receipt thereof, or at the next succeeding Town Board meeting, whichever shall be sooner.
This Part 2 shall supersede in its application to the Town of Bedford Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of § 65-a of the Town Law.
