[Adopted 11-5-1985 as L.L. No. 6-1985]
[Amended 4-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
No civil action shall be maintained against the village for damages
or injuries to persons or property sustained by reason of any street, highway,
bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe,
dangerous or obstructed, unless written notice of such defective, unsafe,
dangerous or obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge, culvert,
sidewalk or crosswalk was actually given to the Village 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; but no
such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to persons or property
sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any street,
highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk, unless written notice thereof
specifying the particular place was actually given to the Village Clerk 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.
The Village Clerk shall keep a record and index all notices of defects
served upon him or her.
This Article is adopted pursuant to the authority vested in this Board
by § 6-628 of the Village Law of the State of New York.
