[Adopted 1-5-1948 by Ord. No. 38]
Every owner or owners, or body corporate, or
the attorney, agent, guardian, or trustee of such owner or owners
of any lot or lots bounded by any of the streets, lanes or alleys
of Federalsburg shall fill up or dig down to the proper grade, and
pave, repave or repair the sidewalks along such lot or lots with concrete
as the Mayor and Council may elect, and of such width and in such
manner as said Mayor and Council may determine and designate, within
at 60 days after notice in writing, or printed order issued by the
Mayor and Council of Federalsburg, to fill up the same or dig down
to the proper grade, and pave, repave or repair said sidewalks, as
the case may be, shall be served upon such owner or owners, body corporate,
agent, attorney, guardian, or trustee of the same.
[Amended 12-4-1950 by Ord. No. 52]
Any person or persons, or body corporate, who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of the preceding section within 60 days after the service of the notice provided for shall be fined an amount equal to $0.05 a linear foot for the sidewalk required to be graded, paved or repaved, so the case may be, for each and every day the sidewalk may remain not graded, paved or repaved. In lieu thereof the said Mayor and Council of Federalsburg in accordance with Section 212 of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition) may cause said pavement to be paved or repaved or repaired in accordance with the notice made under § 197-3 hereof and assess the costs and expenses thereof upon the owner of the abutting property which said costs and expenses shall be collectable in the same manner as other town taxes are now collectible in the Town of Federalsburg.
For any reason the notice provided for in § 197-3 cannot be personally served upon the proper person or persons, a copy thereof shall be served upon the person or persons in the occupancy of such lot or lots, or posted at some prominent part thereof, or inserted in some newspaper published in the Town of Federalsburg for at least once a week for two successive weeks, as the Mayor and Council may deem best, and such service posting or publication, as the case may be, shall be sufficient notice to the owners or owner, body corporate, agent, attorney or guardian of said owner or owners.
