[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Beekman 3-12-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Defense and indemnification — See Ch. 11.
A. 
No civil action shall be maintained against the Town of Beekman for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of any highway, bridge or culvert being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless:
(1) 
Written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition was received by the Town Clerk of the Town of Beekman or the Town Superintendent; and
(2) 
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.
B. 
No such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, bridge or culvert unless:
(1) 
Written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually received by the Town Clerk of the Town of Beekman or Highway Superintendent; and
(2) 
There was a failure or neglect to cause 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 Highway Superintendent of the Town of Beekman shall transmit, in writing, to the Town Clerk, within 10 days after the receipt thereof, all written notices received by said Superintendent pursuant to § 109-1 of this chapter.
The Town Clerk shall keep an indexed record, in a separate book, of all written notices which said Clerk shall receive pursuant to this chapter of the existence of a defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition in or upon or of an accumulation of ice or snow upon any county highway, bridge or culvert, which record shall state the date or 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 each notice shall be preserved for a period of five years after the date it is received.