[Adopted 5-14-1990[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. I, Sidewalk Maintenance, adopted 5-2-1960, as amended.
[Amended 2-28-1994]
A. 
Winter maintenance required. The owner, agent of the owner or the occupant of any building or land bordering upon any street, square or public place within the town where there is a sidewalk shall cause to be removed therefrom any and all snow, sleet and ice within a period of 24 hours after the cessation of the snow, sleet or rainfall; and, whenever any such sidewalk or any part thereof shall be covered with ice, the owner, agent of the owner or the occupant of the building or land adjacent thereto shall, within the space of two hours after sunrise, cause such sidewalk to be made safe and convenient by removing the ice therefrom or by covering the same with sand or other suitable substance.
B. 
Property owners' exemption for town-maintained walks. The provisions of this section shall not apply to owners, agents or occupants of buildings or land bordering sidewalks for which the Town of Simsbury has, by agreement, assumed the responsibility for removal of snow and ice or for covering the same with sand or other suitable substance to make them safe and convenient.
C. 
No person, firm or corporation shall plow any snow or ice from any private property across any town street or highway, nor shall any person, firm or corporation place or cause to be placed any snow or ice from any private property upon a town street or highway.
D. 
Enforcement provisions. It shall be the duty of the police force, under the direction of the Chief of Police, to see that the foregoing provisions relating to snow and ice are strictly complied with; and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to report promptly all cases of neglect to the offending party, whose duty it shall be forthwith to cause all walks so reported as being neglected to be properly cleaned or protected.
E. 
Fine for noncompliance. Persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this section or refuse or neglect to comply with the same after notification shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined the sum of $90 for each offense and shall also be liable for the costs incurred by the town to remove snow and/or ice and sand the walk. All costs shall be a lien on the property until paid, as per the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-148(c)(6)(C).
The Board of Selectmen, when in its opinion a sidewalk is in need of repair or replacement, is hereby authorized, by giving notice by certified mail to the owner at his last known address, to order the owner of the land fronting on any street or highway to repair or replace the sidewalk in front of said property and within such time as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe. Said notice shall contain a description of the needed repairs. When the owner of such land shall neglect or refuse to repair or replace any such sidewalk within the time and in the manner ordered by the Board of Selectmen as above provided, the Board of Selectmen may proceed to have said repairs or replacement made at the expense of the property owner. The expense of said replacement or repair shall be addressed as a benefit against the owner of the property adjoining such sidewalk and shall be a lien upon such property in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes Sections 7-139 and 7-140, as the same may be amended from time to time.
[Amended 1-9-2017]
When continuous sidewalks fronting properties with different owners need replacement or resurfacing, the Board of Selectmen may undertake such work as part of the Town's maintenance or capital replacement work.
The provisions of Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-163a, as the same may be amended from time to time, are hereby adopted.