No civil action shall be maintained against the Incorporated
Village of Rhinebeck, its agents, servants, employees, officers or
other representatives for damages or injuries or other loss to persons
or property sustained by reason of an alleged defect or condition
in or of any highway, sidewalk, bridge, culvert, appurtenance or other
property, real or personal, including but not limited to lack of or
improper repair, maintenance, inspection, design or any alleged unsafe,
dangerous, obstructed or other condition, unless written notice of
such alleged defect or defective, unsafe, dangerous obstruction or
other condition shall have been received by the Clerk of the Village
of Rhinebeck prior to the occurrence or other circumstances out of
which any such claim for damage, injury or other loss is alleged to
have arisen.
The Clerk of the Village of Rhinebeck shall receive all of such
written prior notices and shall keep a separate indexed record of
the receipt thereof, which record shall state the date of 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 permanently preserved.