No cause of action shall accrue against or shall
be maintained against the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York,
its officers, agents or employees for damages or injuries to a person
or property sustained in consequence of any defective or out-of-repair
Town property or property under the direct or indirect control of
the Town unless a written notice of defect was first filed with the
Town Clerk and there was a failure or neglect by the Town within a
reasonable time after the receipt of such written notice to repair
or remove the defect, danger or obstruction. The filing of a notice
of defect shall be a condition precedent to the filing or maintaining
of an action or special proceeding against the Town, its officers,
agents or employees for such damage or injury to person or property,
in addition to any other notice(s) required by law.
Town property or property under direct or indirect
control of the Town shall include but not be limited to street, highway,
driveway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, or parts or appurtenances
thereof. Defects and unsafe or dangerous conditions referred to in
this chapter include, without limitation, the lack or absence of,
failure to provide or failure to maintain signs, safety devices, traffic
control devices or snow and ice control.