[Adopted 5-20-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
A.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Village
of Montebello for damages or injuries to person or property sustained
by reason of any highway, traffic signal, sidewalk, bridge or culvert
being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed,
unless:
B.
No such actions 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, culvert or
sidewalk unless:
(1)
Written notice thereof specifying the particular place
was actually received by the Village Clerk-Treasurer or the Mayor
of the Village; and
(2)
There was a failure or neglect to cause such snow
and ice to be removed, or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe
within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.
The Mayor of the Village shall transmit in writing to the Village Clerk-Treasurer within 10 days after the receipt thereof all written notices received by the Mayor pursuant to § 160-1 of this article.
A.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall keep an indexed
record in a separate book of all written notices which said Clerk-Treasurer
shall receive pursuant to such article of the existence of a defective,
unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed condition in or upon, or of an accumulation
of ice or snow upon, any Village highway, traffic signal, bridge,
sidewalk or culvert, which record shall state the date of receipt
of the notice, the nature and location of the condition stated to
exist, and the name and address of the person from whom the notice
is received.
B.
The records of each notice shall be preserved for
a period of five years after the date it is received.
