No civil action shall be maintained against
the Town of Chautauqua or the Town Superintendent of Highways of the
Town of Chautauqua for damages or injuries to person or property sustained
in consequence of any street, highway, road, bridge, culvert, sidewalk
or crosswalk being defective, out-of-repair, unsafe, dangerous or
obstructed or for damages or injuries to person or property, sustained
in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk,
crosswalk, street, highway, road, bridge or culvert, unless written
notice, specifying the particular place of the defective, unsafe,
out-of-repair, dangerous or obstructed condition or of the existence
of the snow or ice, relating to the particular place, was actually
given to the Town Clerk of the Town of Chautauqua or Town Superintendent
of Highways of the Town of Chautauqua and there was a failure or neglect
within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice to repair
or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of, or to cause
the snow or ice to be removed, or the place otherwise made reasonably
safe.
This chapter shall supersede, in its application
to the Town of Chautauqua, Subdivisions 1 and 2 of § 65-a
of the Town Law.