[Adopted 7-24-1947 by Ord. No. 6]
[Amended 4-14-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
The owner or occupant of a house or any other
building or vacant lot in the Village shall keep the sidewalk in front
thereof free from the obstruction of snow and ice and free from dirt,
filth and weeds or other obstructions and shall keep and maintain
such sidewalk in safe and proper condition. No owner or occupant of
a house or building adjacent to a street of the Village shall allow
snow, ice or water to accumulate on such house or building, nor shall
the owner or occupant of a house or building allow snow, ice or water
to fall from such building upon a street or sidewalk of the Village.
Leaders or drains erected to the side of a house or building shall
be so placed that a flow of water therefrom shall not run over a sidewalk
of the Village. A watertight drain may be erected for the passage
of water to the street gutter.
A.
It shall
be the duty of the owner or occupant of a house or building to clear
the sidewalk in front thereof of snow within 24 hours after snow shall
cease falling.
B.
In case
any sidewalk shall have ice thereon and the severity of weather shall
be such that the same cannot be removed, it shall be the duty of such
owner or occupant of a house or building adjacent to said sidewalk
to deposit sufficient quantities of salt, sand, ash or some equally
good substance as will render the passage of pedestrians thereon free
from danger of slipping and falling.
C.
No person
shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails,
tacks, wire, cans, snow or any other substance likely to injure any
person, animal or vehicle upon such highway.
[Amended 2-10-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987; 4-14-2010 by L.L. No.
2-2010]
A.
Every violation
of any provision of this article or any condition of this article
shall be a separate and distinct offense, and in the case of a continuing
violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate
and distinct offense. A conviction of any such violation shall be
punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 for each violation or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
B.
In addition,
if snow and ice is not cleared from a sidewalk within 24 hours, the
Village of Florida Department of Public Work will remove it, and the
owner of a house or any other building or vacant lot adjacent to said
sidewalk shall be billed for each event according to the following
schedule:
