[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Hartford 8-14-1995 by L.L. No.
1-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No civil actions shall be maintained against the Town of Hartford,
New York, or the Hartford Town Superintendent of Highways 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 Town Clerk or Town Superintendent of Highways, 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 Town Clerk or Town Superintendent
of Highways, and there was 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.
The Town Superintendent of Highways shall transmit in writing
to the Town Clerk within five days after the receipt thereof all written
notices received pursuant to this chapter and Subdivision 2 of § 65-a
of the Town Law. The Town Clerk shall cause all written notices received
pursuant to this chapter and Subdivision 2 of § 65-a of
the Town Law to be presented to the Town Board within five days of
the receipt thereof or at the next succeeding Town Board meeting,
whichever shall be sooner.
This chapter shall supersede in its application for the Town
of Hartford, New York, Subdivisions 1 and 3 of § 65-a of
the Town Law.
