No civil action shall be maintained against the Town of Cortlandt
or its Director of Environmental Services 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 written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed
condition of such highway, bridge or culvert was actually given to
the Town Clerk or Director of Environmental Services and there was
a failure or neglect within a reasonable amount of time after the
giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction
complained of, but 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 written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was
actually given to the Town Clerk or Director of Environmental Services
and 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.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Town of Cortlandt
or its Director of Environmental Services for damages or injuries
to person or property sustained by reason of any defect in its sidewalks
or in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any of its
sidewalks, unless such sidewalks have been constructed or are maintained
by the Town of Cortlandt or its Director of Environmental Services
pursuant to statute, nor shall any action be maintained for damages
or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of such defector
in consequence of such existence of snow or ice unless written notice
thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given to the
Town Clerk or to the Town Director of Environmental Services and there
was a failure or neglect to cause such defect to be remedied, 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 Director of Environmental Services shall transmit in writing
to the Town Clerk within 10 days after the receipt thereof all written
notices received by him pursuant to this chapter.