Town of Farmington, CT
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2024-02-04
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The Code
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 169 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article VIII Municipal Liability for Ice and Snow on Public Sidewalks
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Building Code Board of Appeals
- Ch 9 Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commission
- Ch 12 Cooperative Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 20 Economic and Business Development
- Ch 22 Enforcement of Zoning Regulations, Inland Wetland Regulations and Aquifer Protection Area Regulations for Level a Mapped Areas
- Ch 24 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 27 Fair Rent Commission
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Housing Agencies
- Ch 35 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 47 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Pensions
- Ch 53 Public Buildings
- Ch 55 Purchasing
- Ch 59 Regional Councils and Authorities
- Ch 62 Signpost, Official
- Ch 68 Water Pollution Control Authority
- General Legislation
- Ch 73 Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 76 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 83 Building Construction
- Ch 86 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 87 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 88 Buildings, Blighted
- Ch 91 Citation Hearing Procedure
- Ch 98 Fees
- Ch 101 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 106 Food-Processing and Food-Service Establishments
- Ch 111 Historic Areas
- Ch 118 Housing Standards
- Ch 125 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 126 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 135 Noise
- Ch 140 Parking Lots
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 148 Property, Town-Owned
- Ch 151 Scenic Roads
- Ch 152 Septic Systems
- Ch 156 Sewers
- Ch 159 Signs
- Ch 165 Solid Waste
- Ch 169 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 169 Art VIII Municipal Liability for Ice and Snow on Public Sidewalks
- § 169-33 Limitation of liability.
- § 169-34 Abutting property owner's liability.
- Ch 172 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 174 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 176 Taxation
- Ch 182 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 186 Vehicles, Junked
- Ch 189 Vehicles, Motorized
- Ch 193 Water
- Ch 197 Zoning Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A205 Rules of Procedure
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 8-26-1997]
In accordance with C.G.S. Sec. 7-163a, notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 13a-149 or any other General Statute or
Special Act, the Town shall not be liable to any person injured in
person or property caused by the presence of ice or snow on a public
sidewalk unless the Town is the owner or person in possession and
control of land abutting such sidewalk, other than land used as a
highway or street, provided that the Town shall be liable for its
affirmative acts with respect to such sidewalk.
The owner or person in possession and control
of land abutting a public sidewalk shall have the same duty of care
with respect to the presence of ice or snow on such sidewalk toward
the portion of the sidewalk abutting his property as the Town had
prior to the effective date of this article adopted pursuant to the
provisions of C.G.S. Sec. 7-163a and shall be liable to persons injured
in person or property where a breach of said duty is the approximate
cause of said injury. No action to recover damages for injury to the
person or to property caused by the presence of ice or snow on a public
sidewalk against a person who owns or is in possession and control
of land abutting a public sidewalk shall be brought but within two
years from the date when the injury is first sustained.
