No civil action shall be maintained against the Town or the Town
Superintendent of Highways, nor any improvement district of the Town
or against any employees or officials acting in such capacity, for
damages or injuries to person or property, including those arising
from the operation of snowmobiles, sustained by reason of any highway,
bridge, street, sidewalk, crosswalk, footpath, shoulder, culvert,
bike path, parking lot, building or structure, signs or lights being
defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed unless
written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed
condition of such highway, bridge, street, sidewalk, crosswalk, footpath,
shoulder, culvert, bike path, parking lot, building or structure,
signs or lights being defective was actually given to the Town Clerk
and 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.