Sidewalks shall be constructed in the Village of Waterloo in accordance with specifications filed in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Waterloo, New York, may construct and repair sidewalks upon the streets within the Village wholly at the expense of the Village or of the owners of the adjoining property, or partly at the expense of the Village and partly at the expense of said owners of adjoining land, and may prescribe the manner of doing such work and the kind of materials to be used therein.
A. 
If a sidewalk is so required to be constructed or repaired wholly at the expense of the owners of the adjoining lands, a notice shall be served upon such owners specifying the place and manner and the time within which said sidewalk is required to be constructed or repaired, which time shall be not less than 24 hours in the case of repairs to existing sidewalks concerning which the Board of Trustees has received notice that the same are unsafe, dangerous or obstructed or not less than 15 days in the case of construction of new sidewalks or the repair of existing sidewalks concerning which the Board of Trustees has received no notice that the same are unsafe, dangerous or obstructed. If an owner shall not construct or repair the sidewalk as required by the notice, the Board of Trustees may cause the same to be so constructed or repaired and assess the expense thereof upon the adjoining land.
B. 
If a sidewalk is to be constructed or repaired at the joint expense of the Village and the owner, the Board of Trustees may cause the same to be constructed or repaired and assess upon the adjoining land the proportion of the expense chargeable against the same.
C. 
All grading done on sidewalks laid or repaired by the owners of the adjoining land shall be in accordance with the specifications and under the direction and supervision of the Board of Trustees.
D. 
The Board of Trustees may issue bonds of the Village to defray the expense of any such work or improvement.
After the effective date of this chapter, no new openings in any portion of the sidewalks of the Village made for the purpose of permitting ventilation or light or the delivery of merchandise and goods to adjacent buildings shall be permitted.
A. 
Owner or occupant to remove. It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any premises fronting on any public street or alley to remove all snow and ice before 9:00 a.m. following the time of the deposit.
B. 
Immediate removal impractical. In case it is impractical to remove such snow and ice, the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant or other person having charge of any premises as aforesaid shall, within the aforesaid specified time, cause the sidewalk abutting on such premises to be covered with sand or some other suitable material and shall as soon thereafter as the weather permits thoroughly clean the sidewalks.
C. 
Noncompliance; Village to perform work. In case of neglect or refusal of any owner or occupant to comply with the provisions of this chapter as to snow and ice, the Board of Trustees shall cause all necessary work to be done at the expense of the person so in default, together with a charge of 50% thereof to cover costs of administration and supervision, and if payment is not made by such person the same shall be assessed against the land in the same manner as general Village taxes.