Village of Carthage, NY Chapter 100 Notification of Defects

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Carthage 2-6-1967 as Ch. 58 of the 1967 Code of the Village of Carthage; amended in its entirety 12-15-2008 by L.L. No. 7-2008. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Snow and ice removal — See Ch. 120.

§ 100-1 Notice required for Village to be liable.

No civil actions shall be maintained against the Village or Village DPW Superintendent for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of any highway, bridge, street, sidewalk, crosswalk or culvert being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed condition of such highway, bridge, street, sidewalk, crosswalk or culvert was actually given to the Village Clerk or Village DPW Superintendent and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of. No such action 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, street, sidewalk, crosswalk or culvert unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given to the Village Clerk or Village DPW Superintendent and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed or to make the place otherwise reasonably, safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.