[Adopted 2-21-1989 by the Special Town Meeting, effective 3-20-1989]
The Town of Somers, in order to protect and
ensure the safety of the residents of the Town of Somers, does hereby
adopt this article requiring the removal of ice and snow from public
sidewalks in the Town of Somers.
For the purpose of this article, the following
words or phrases, except as hereinafter otherwise specifically used,
designed or defined, shall mean, include and be defined as follows:
OWNER
A.
Owner or agent or representative of owner, person,
estate, private corporation or any other legal entity.
B.
All owners regardless of number or interest.
PREMISES
Any tract, parcel, lot or other subdivision of land within
the Town, with or without buildings thereon, that adjoins or fronts
on any public sidewalk within the Town or borders or adjoins any street,
square or public place within the Town where there is a public sidewalk.
SIDEWALK
Any public sidewalk, whether paved, graded, planked or raised
or improved in any other way.
The Town hereby adopts the provisions of Section
7-163a of the Connecticut General Statutes and hereby declares that
the Town shall not be liable to any person injured in person or property
as a result of the presence of ice or snow on a public sidewalk unless
the Town is the owner or in possession and control of the land abutting
such public sidewalk, other than land used as a highway, street, right-of-way
or similar public thoroughfare.